Coronavirus Spreading 8 Times Faster Outside China: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the newcoronavirus appears to be spreading much more rapidly outside China than withinadding as almost eight times as many cases had been reported outside thecountry as inside in the previous 24 hours. It said that the risk of thedisease spreading was now very high at a global level.

Briefing the media in Geneva, WHO Chief Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus said that outbreaks in South Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan were thegreatest concern, but there was evidence that close surveillance was working inSouth Korea, the worst affected country outside China, and the epidemic couldbe contained there.

Moreover, US Vice-President Mike Pence said thatwithin 12 hours, airports across South Korea and Italy will screen all travelersfor Coronavirus.

On the other hand, two new confirmed cases ofCoronavirus have been reported from Delhi and Telangana on Monday by the unionhealth ministry. This takes the total cases in India to five, weeks after thefirst cases were reported in Kerala.

The government said that both the patients are nowstable and they are under close monitor of doctors.

The new coronavirus or COVID-19 hasspread to more than 70 countries, and killed more than 3000 globally.

India had previously reported threeconfirmed cases of the virus, all in Kerala. All three from Kerala, who hadtested positive for coronavirus, have recovered. In addition to the fifteenalready set up, 19 new laboratories have been set up to test for the virus.