Coronavirus: Greece Confirms Its First Case, France Announces Its Second Death And Italy's Infection Toll Nears 400 With 12 Dead

Europe is on red alert for the killer coronavirus as Greece today became the latest country to confirm a case of the deadly infection sweeping the world.

France also announced a second patient had died amid growing fears the escalating crisis in Italy will continue to spread across the continent. 

Fifty more cases – including six children – of COVID-19 have now been confirmed in Italy, taking the toll past 370. Twelve patients have died. 

Almost a dozen towns have been quarantined in the northern part of the country in a desperate attempt to contain the worsening coronavirus crisis.