WHO increases risk assessment for the spread of coronavirus to “very high worldwide”

(CNN) – WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organization’s epidemiologists have been monitoring the evolution of cases of coronavirus globally and “we have now increased our assessment of the spread risk and the impact risk of COVID-19 to a very high level worldwide.”

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Most cases of coronavirus disease can still be traced to known contacts or case groups, he said, and WHO still does not see evidence that the virus is spreading freely.

“As long as that is the case, we still have the possibility of containing this virus,” Ghebreyesus said.

The new coronavirus has killed more than 2,800 people worldwide, the vast majority in mainland China. There have been more than 83,000 global cases, with infections on all continents, except in Antarctica. South Korea has the largest outbreak outside of China, with 2,337 cases. The largest outbreak of Europe It is in Italy, and more than a dozen European countries now have confirmed cases, and many of them date back to Italy.

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