The victim was a 50-year-old man who had visited the central city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, on January 8 and developed a fever after returning to Beijing seven days later, the city's health commission said.
Beijing reports capital's first death from coronavirus
Beijing authorities on Monday reported the Chinese capital's first death from a new deadly virus that has rapidly spread across the country, killing more than 80 people and causing global alarm.
A total of 80 of more than 2,700 cases of cornavirus have been recorded in the Chinese capital of 20 million people
He went to a hospital on January 21 and died on Monday of respiratory failure, the commission said.
A total of 80 of more than 2,700 cases have been recorded in the Chinese capital of 20 million people.
The authorities have enacted sweeping travel restrictions across the country in a desperate bid to stop the virus from spreading further.
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Transport bans have been enacted in Wuhan and other cities in central Hubei province, effectively corralling some 56 million people.
Beijing has halted long-distance bus service to and from the city.
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