“It’s not so much of a question of if this will happen in this country any more but a question of when this will happen,” said Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images While the vast majority of novel coronavirus cases are still in mainland China, countries around the world are experiencing alarming spikes in the virus, aggravating fears of a global pandemic. Italy, South Korea, and Iran are all taking drastic measures to contain the virus since a surge of cases have appeared within their borders.
On Friday, World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters at a press conference in Geneva, “The window of opportunity is narrowing to contain the outbreak.” Ghebreyesus added, “We still have a chance to contain it. But while doing that, we have to prepare at the same time for any eventualities because this outbreak could go any direction. It could even be messy.
On Tuesday, the virus spread farther still. One thousand people have reportedly been quarantined at a hotel on the island of Tenerife after an Italian doctor staying there as a guest tested positive for the virus. A British traveler staying at the hotel told Reuters, “We can see from the window there are security officers outside the hotel and about 50 hotel employees.” This is the third case of coronavirus in Spain.
Iran As of Monday, the Iranian Health ministry said that they are grappling with 12 coronavirus-related deaths — a huge increase since the country announced its first two deaths in the city of Qom on Wednesday. The rate of death compared to that of infection is higher in Iran than in any other country, the Guardian reports.
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