New coronavirus outbreaks are continuing to expand in South Korea and Italy, raising fears of a global pandemic. Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned that the novel virus is the worst public health crisis facing the country since its founding.
Hong Kong Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned the novel coronavirus is the worst public health crisis facing the country since its founding, as new outbreaks continued to expand in South Korea and Italy, raising fears of a global pandemic.
Speaking Sunday, Xi said the"current epidemic situation is still severe and complex, and the prevention and control work is at the most critical stage." The crisis is"the most difficult to prevent and control in China" since the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, Xi said. He added the outbreak was likely to have a"great impact" on the country's economy, but that epidemic prevention and control methods were beginning to have an effect.
Chinese authorities putting healthy people in field hospitals 03:31Italy locked downOutside of Asia, there have been a spike in cases in Italy and Iran, renewing fears that the virus is spreading globally despite numerous travel restrictions placed on China. Authorities in Italy announced sweeping closures across the country's north and emergency measures Sunday as they scrambled to contain Europe's largest outbreak.
Life in Hong Kong during the time of novel coronavirus 03:18Global concernsSpeaking Sunday, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the"window of opportunity is narrowing" to contain the worst of the outbreak to mainland China.
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