For the first time, more new cases of the coronavirus were reported outside China than in the country where the epidemic originated, the World Health Organization says.
With Brazil confirming the arrival of Latin America’s first case, the virus had a toehold on every continent but Antarctica.an expanding cluster of more than 200 cases
“We are in a fight that can be won if we do the right things,” WHO director-general Ghebreyesus said. In South Korea, workers sanitized public buses, while in China, banks disinfected banknotes using ultraviolet rays. In Germany, authorities stressed “sneezing etiquette,” while in the United States, doctorsworshipers found churches closed and rituals changed by virus fears
“We would like to be cautious so that the coronavirus will not spread,” said the Rev. Victorino Cueto, rector of the National Shrine of our Mother of Perpetual Help in Manila in the Philippines. Italy recorded 52 new infections on Wednesday and Greece became the newest country to see a case of the virus. South Korea announced 284 new cases, largely in Daegu, bringing its total to 1,261. China, still the epicenter of the crisis even as new outposts caught the world’s attention, reported 406 new cases and 52 more deaths. The country has a total of 78,604 cases of the virus and 2,715 fatalities.
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