WHO says window of opportunity to stem virus 'narrowing' as cases soar

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Director general warns 'outbreak could go in any direction' if countries do not quickly mobilise to fight it. FMTNews Covid19 WHO China

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February 22, 2020 6:57 AMGENEVA: The World Health Organisation warned Friday that the window to stem the deadly coronavirus outbreak was shrinking, amid concern over a surge in cases with no clear link to China.

But as cases surged across the Middle East and in South Korea Friday, he cautioned for the first time that while “we are still in a phase where containment is possible… our window of opportunity is narrowing”. On Friday, cases of the deadly virus were reported in a range of countries in the Middle East, including in Israel and Lebanon for the first time, while Iran said four people there had died and 18 been infected in the outbreak.

“We must not look back and regret that we failed to take advantage of the window of opportunity we have.” Many nations have banned travellers from China and airlines have suspended flights to and from the country.In hard-hit South Korea, more than 120 members of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a religious sect in the southern city of Daegu, have now been infected.

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