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Japan, South Korea Among Countries of ‘Greatest Concern’ for Virus: WHO
South Korean soldiers wearing protective gear walk on a street in front of the city hall in Daegu after a rapid rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus in the city southeast of Seoul on March 2, 2020.
By Kyodo News 3 March 2020
GENEVA—The head of the World Health Organization on Monday singled out coronavirus epidemics in Iran, Italy, Japan and South Korea as his “greatest concern,” citing continued increases of new cases in the four countries.
“We are in uncharted territory,” WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus told a press briefing, while stressing that the containment of the virus “is feasible and must remain the top priority for all countries.”
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