China — where the virus emerged late last year — still accounts for the majority of cases and deaths, but infections are now rising faster abroad, with South Korea, Iran and Italy major hotspots. The World Health Organization warned Thursday that a “long list” of countries were not showing “the level of political commitment” needed to “match the level of the threat we all face”. In the United States, the largest nursing union said a survey of thousands of nurses at hospitals showed “truly disturbing” results. Cases in China have gradually fallen as tens of millions of people remain under strict quarantine to contain the virus. But fresh infections rose for a second consecutive day on Friday, with 143 new cases, and 30 more deaths.

Source: The Express Tribune March 06, 2020 06:56 UTC