First case of COVID-19 confirmed in Turkey - Health Minister

The first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been confirmed in Turkey, Sputnik news agency cited the Daily Sabah newspaper report on Wednesday quoting Health Minister Fahrettin Koca.

Koca said the patient was a man who had recently returned from a trip to Europe.

More than 100,000 people have already been infected with COVID-19 in the world, the majority have recovered, and about 4,000 have died. The coronavirus outbreak was first registered in December 2019 in China's Wuhan. In Europe, the most coronavirus-affected country is Italy. A difficult situation is also developing in France and Germany.