A French hospital doctor has died of coronavirus, the French Health Minister announced on Sunday, adding that this is the first death of a doctor in the country.
“I was informed on Saturday of the death of a hospital doctor”, Health minister Olivier Véran said on French TV on Sunday.
He declined to give more information, citing the family’s decision and medical confidentiality.
The victim was an emergency care doctor in a hospital in Compiègne, in the French Oise department, AFP reported, citing France 3 TV channel and their own sources.