Coronavirus spreads to 60 countries across six continents as WHO raises its impact risk alert to 'very high'
A cleaner sanitises a wagon on a regional train, at the Garibaldi train station in Milan, Italy, Friday, February 28, 2020.
"I think this is a reality check for every government on the planet - wake up, get ready, this virus may be on its way and you need to be ready," Ryan said. Potentially making it even harder to eradicate, a growing number of discharged coronavirus patients in China and elsewhere are testing positive again, sometimes weeks after being allowed to leave the hospital.
But the virus is surging elsewhere. Countries other than China now account for about three-quarters of new infections. Authorities said the new case concerned a person living in the western state of Oregon. The adult patient, who has been hospitalised, was known to have had contact with people at an elementary school.
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