WHO raises global virus risk to maximum level | The Malaysian Insight

WHO raises global virus risk to maximum level

Malaysia has barred Chinese tourists to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 29, 2020.

THE World Health Organisation yesterday raised its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and financial markets slumped. The virus has proliferated around the globe over the past week, emerging on every continent except Antarctica, prompting many governments and businesses to try to stop people from travelling or gathering in crowded places.

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