There’s been a key change in the number of virus cases being reported around the world, but the WHO says we’re not in the grips of a pandemic just yet.
Stock markets around the world have been savaged, withThe World Health Organisation, meanwhile, reported that the number of new cases reported outside China exceeded the number of new cases in China for the first time.
Countries across the world are now scrambling to prevent the spread of the virus, which was first detected at a seafood market in Wuhan in December.Follow our coronavirus updates More than 200,000 members of a religious sect were being checked for coronavirus symptoms by South Korean authorities on Wednesday. Picture: YONHAP/AFPIn the US, President Trump will give a press conference about the virus on Wednesday after mixed messages had been sent from the US administration.
The administration has asked Congress for an additional $2.5 billion to speed development of a vaccine, support preparedness and response activities, and to gather needed equipment and supplies.
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