( Reuters) – The quick spread of the coronavirus increased worries of a pandemic on Friday, with 8 countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Company (WHO) raising its international spread and effect risk alert to “very high”.
FILE PICTURE: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019- nCoV), which was determined as the cause of an outbreak of breathing health problem very first discovered in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Illness Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29,2020 Alissa Eckert, MS; Dan Higgins, MAM/CDC/Handout by means of REUTERS
– 4 more people have actually died in Italy from coronavirus, the civil protection company said on Friday, bringing the overall to 21, while the number of those testing positive for the illness jumped to 889 from 650 the day previously.
– In Europe, Germany warned of an impending epidemic and Greece, an entrance for refugees from the Middle East, revealed tighter border controls. Germany has almost 60 cases, France about 57 and Spain 32, according to a Reuters count.
– Australia on Saturday said it would reject entry to all foreign nationals taking a trip from Iran due to the escalating break out of coronavirus in the Islamic republic.
– Iran announced on Friday the closure of all schools for three days from Saturday as its death toll rose to 34 with 38