{"id":1071,"date":"2020-02-29T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T04:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=1071"},"modified":"2020-02-29T10:30:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T03:30:42","slug":"coronavirus-poses-high-global-risk-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/coronavirus-poses-high-global-risk-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus poses \u2018very high\u2019 global risk, WHO warns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The global coronavirus risk alert has been raised to \u201cvery high\u201d \u2014 the highest level of alarm \u2014 as the deadly disease spread further on Friday, World Health Organization officials announced.<\/p>\n

The virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, has spread to 49 countries in a matter of weeks, officials said. Countries other than China now account for about three-quarters of new infections.<\/p>\n

In recent days, more than 120 cases connected to new epicenters in Italy and Iran have been reported in 25 countries, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva.<\/p>\n

Right now, it would be a \u201cbig mistake\u201d to switch from a public health strategy of containment to mitigation, where authorities accept the virus is spreading, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur epidemiologists have been monitoring these developments continuously,\u201d the official said. \u201cWe have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to \u2018very high\u2019 at a global level.\u201d<\/p>\n

But officials have yet to find evidence that the virus is \u201cspreading freely in communities,\u201d giving them hope that \u201cwe still have a chance of containing this virus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO\u2019s emergencies program, said that the high-risk assessment level isn\u2019t meant to \u201calarm or scare people,\u201d but to raise awareness.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople need to take a reality check now and really understand an all-of-government, an all-of-society approach is needed,\u201d Ryan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been dealing with this virus for two months and I think this is a reality check for every government on the planet \u2014 wake up, get ready,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have a duty to your citizens, you have a duty to the world to be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upwards of 83,000 coronavirus cases have been reported across the world, and more than 2,800 people have been killed by the rampant infection \u2014 the vast majority in mainland China.<\/p>\n

Source: New York Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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