World must prepare for 'potential pandemic': WHO chief

BEIJING: The World Health Organization warned countries on Monday to be ready for a"potential pandemic" as new deaths and infections in Europe, the Middle East and Asia triggered more drastic efforts to contain the new coronavirus.

Deaths were reported in each of those countries on Monday, while Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait and Oman also announced their first cases of the virus.Kuwaiti women wear protective masks as they sit in a restaurant inside the Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City. YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFPWHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said countries should be"doing everything we can to prepare for a potential pandemic", though the world body does not consider it has reached that point yet.

Thai workers wearing protective facemasks, amid fears of the spread of the novel coronavirus, disinfect a pedestrian bridge in Bangkok. Mladen ANTONOV/AFP "It seems that the virus can pass from person to person without symptoms, making it extremely difficult to track, regardless of what health authorities do," said Simon Clarke, cellular microbiology associate professor at Reading University in Britain.In Iran, the confirmed death toll climbed on Monday by four to 12 - the highest number for any country outside China.

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