The World Health Organization (WHO) voiced deep concern on Wednesday about the rapid escalation and global spread of the coronavirus. 'In the next few days, we will reach 1 million confirmed cases and 50,000 deaths worldwide,' WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
* Confirmed cases in Germany have risen to 73,522, while 872 people have died of the disease. Cases rose by 6,156, compared with the previous day and the death toll climbed by 140.
* Measures to limit the outbreak in the Netherlands appear to have halved the rate of infection but need to be continued to be really effective, a top health official said. * European scientists and engineers will launch an initiative to support the use of digital contact tracing applications.* U.S. President Donald Trump said he was considering a plan to halt domestic flights to coronavirus hot spots inside the United States.* U.S.
* Australia’s most populous state said police enforcement of restrictions on personal movement would last three months, as the number of new cases continued to slow. * India scoured mosques to trace people who attended a Muslim gathering in New Delhi that later emerged as a hotspot. * Egypt has ramped up efforts to fight the coronavirus, ordering manufacturers to channel medical protective equipment to public hospitals.* Asian shares were pinned down, haunted by the rising U.S. coronavirus death toll, and with investors braced for more signs of economic pain in the world’s largest economy ahead of another likely record week of jobless claims.
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