France confirms fifth case of coronavirus

France has confirmed a fifth case of infection by the new coronavirus from China, the French health minister Agnes Buzyn said.

He added the patient was the daughter of an 80-year-old man already hospitalized with the disease.

"We now have five cases, out of which two are under surveillance," Reuters cited Buzyn as saying.

The virus has killed 132 people and sickened more than 6,000, the vast majority of them in China.