Kyrgyzstan reports first coronavirus death

The virus has infected more than 1 million in the world as of Friday. (File/AFP)
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  • This is the first virus fatality in central Asia

BISHKEK: A 61-year-old coronavirus victim has died in Kyrgyzstan, the government said on Friday, the first virus fatality in the central Asian nation.
The patient, treated in a hospital in the southern province of Osh, had suffered from other serious diseases, the authorities said.