New coronavirus claims U.S., possibly Japanese victims

TOKYO/BEIJING - A Japanese national suspected of being infected with a new coronavirus died Saturday in the Chinese city of Wuhan, while a U.S. citizen has become the first American fatality in the outbreak, officials of both countries said.A Japanese government source said the Japanese man in his 60s had been hospitalized since Jan. 22 with severe pneumonia. The hospital in the city, the center of the outbreak, had tested the man for the virus but it had notified Japanese officials that it was unable to conclude whether he was infected.If confirmed, it would be the first Japanese death re…READ FULL ARTICLE