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WHO Chief Says Threat of Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Very Real’
World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus / REUTERS
By Kyodo News 10 March 2020
GENEVA—The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that the threat of the new coronavirus becoming a pandemic is growing, as over 100 countries and regions have reported cases of the virus.
“Now that the virus has a foothold in so many countries, the threat of a pandemic has become very real,” WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing.
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