WHO director-general urges the seven countries that have reported first cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours to 'act aggressively now.' 'You can contain this virus. You can prevent people from getting sick. You can save lives.'
seeing recent surges in case numbers. The World Health Organization, which has declared the outbreak a global health emergency and said it"absolutely" has the potential to become a pandemic, has recorded more than 81,000 confirmed infections globally. Over 96% of those cases were in China.
COVID-19 causes symptoms similar to pneumonia, ranging from the mild, such as a slight cough, to the more severe, including fever and difficulty breathing, according to the CDC. There is no vaccine yet for the virus.
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