WHO officials will hold a press briefing on the outbreak, which has infected more than 73,400 and killed at least 1,874 people so far.
World Health Organization officials are holding a press conference Thursday to update the public on the coronavirus outbreak.[The stream is slated to start at 10:00 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]
Named COVID-19, the virus has shuttered commerce across much of China and is hitting company earnings, global stock markets and manufacturing across the world. On Thursday, China's National Health Commission reported an additional 114 deaths and 394 new confirmed cases, which is a drastic drop in daily additional cases. However, China revised its diagnostic guidelines to exclude "clinically diagnosed" cases from the count in Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak — thereby lowering the count.
Meanwhile, South Korea reported a surge in cases as well as the first COVID-19-related death in the country. On Wednesday, Iran reported its first two cases of the virus, and health officials in the country later announced both patients had died.head Kristalina Georgieva said the COVID-19, outbreak is the "most pressing uncertainty"
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