Saudi Arabia bans pilgrims from holy sites over virus as Iran deaths jump
1 / 6The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has cost 26 livesThe coronavirus epidemic in Iran has cost 26 lives Beijing - Saudia Arabia on Thursday banned pilgrims from visiting Islam's holiest sites to try to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus as the number of deaths soared in neighbouring Iran and new cases were reported in Europe.
Jitters over the epidemic have rocked global markets, while sports matches and festivals across Europe have been cancelled. "I think that there's a chance that it could get worse, a chance it could get fairly substantially worse, but nothing's inevitable," Trump told reporters Wednesday. In neighbouring Iran, the health ministry reported seven new deaths over the past 24 hours, taking the overall toll to 26, the highest outside China.
But UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet voiced concern Thursday about the widespread use of quarantine, and said the epidemic had"set off a disturbing wave of prejudice against people of Chinese and East Asian ethnicity".
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