US braces for coronavirus spread as outbreaks worsen in Italy, Iran

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CORONAVIRUS | Iran's deputy health minister and a lawmaker have both tested positive for Covid-19.

| The United States told Americans on Tuesday to begin preparing for coronavirus to spread within the country as outbreaks in Iran, South Korea and Italy escalated and fears that the epidemic would hurt global growth rattled markets.

Dr Nancy Messonnier, an official at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , told reporters that data on the virus' spread over the past week had heightened the agency's expectations of transmission within the United States.While saying the immediate risk from the coronavirus in the United States remained low, another top CDC official, Dr Anne Schuchat, said it was no longer a question of if the virus would become a global pandemic.

Iran cancelled concerts and soccer matches nationwide, and schools and universities closed in many provinces. Many Iranians took to social media to accuse the authorities of concealing facts. The country's outbreak is believed to have begun in the city of Daegu with a 61-year-old woman who is a member of its congregation.

 

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