The rapid spread of the coronavirus in different places - notably Italy, Iran and South Korea - in recent days has met the definition for a pandemic, and raised alarm
There have been 3,246 cases outside China, including 51 deaths, according to a Reuters tally.
The U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for South Korea after the U.S. military reported on Wednesday its first case of the coronavirus, in a 23-year-old soldier based near the South Korean city of Daegu.A “command post training”, usually conducted by members of the two militaries’ Combined Forces Command, will be postponed until further notice, the command said.
Trump said the risk from the virus was “very low” in the United States, and it was “very very ready” to face the threat.
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