Flights to Italy, South Korea, Singapore and China have all been cancelled as the outbreak worsens.
: Germany: The nation has become Europe’s second coronavirus hotspot after Italy.: The Covid-19 breakout began in China in December, but has become increasingly global and spread to nearly 50 countries. Fresh cases have been cropping up in new countries in recent days, linked to hotpots in the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
On Friday, the World Health Organization increased its risk assessment to very high, stopping short of declaring the illness a pandemic. “A pandemic is a unique situation in which we believe that all citizens on the planet will be exposed to the virus within a defined period of time,”: Russia is reportedly deporting 88 foreign nationals who allegedly violated quarantine conditions.
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