China reported a decrease in the number of new deaths and cases of the coronavirus, while new infections rose in other countries
BEIJING - China reported a sharp fall in new deaths and cases of the coronavirus on Saturday but world health officials warned it was too early to make predictions about the outbreak as new infections continued to rise in other countries.
“Our biggest concern continues to be the potential for COVID-19 to spread in countries with weaker health systems,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. That follows Chinese scientists reporting that a woman from Wuhan had traveled 400 miles and infected five relatives without showing signs of infection.
Iran, which had no reported cases earlier this week, has now detected 10 new cases of coronavirus, taking the number to 28 infections and five deaths.
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