World Health Organisation lifts coronavirus alert level, investigates positive test on pet dog

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The World Health Organisation is working with authorities to understand how a pet dog tested positive for coronavirus, after upgrading the global risk of the COVID-19 outbreak from 'high' to 'very high'.

In a statement, the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said it had quarantined the dog and would conduct more monitoring and testing to confirm whether it had "really been infected with the virus or this is a result of environmental contamination of the dog's mouth and nose".

as fresh cases - many linked to growing outbreaks in Italy and Iran - were recorded in more countries.The number of cases in Italy rose 25 per cent in one day from 650 to 821, with the death toll now at 21 An unwell Pope Francis cancelled formal audiences for a second day running and a Vatican spokesperson refused to say whether the pontiff had been tested for the virus

WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters the outbreak could still be contained, but said its spread to European and Middle East nations over recent days was "clearly of concern". Two dozen cases have been exported from Italy to 14 countries, while 97 cases have been exported from Iran to 11 countries.

 

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