The number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus passed 1,000 in the UK as the death tally shot up 34% in a day.
11.03.2020 - 20:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coronavirus is now a pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced.
Director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said that Covid-19 can now be 'characterised as a pandemic'.
Addressing members of the media in his daily briefing this afternoon he said he was concerned by the 'alarming spread' of the virus and 'levels of inaction'.
He told the briefing that the past two weeks has seen cases outside of China rise by 13 times and that over 100
The number of people who have died after contracting coronavirus passed 1,000 in the UK as the death tally shot up 34% in a day.
"This for the lil' kids in Africa, stomach touchin' they back/And the kids in China eating bats for a snack," he raps
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Apple’s retail outlets worldwide, with the exception of the Greater China region, will be closed “until further notice,” the tech giant said.
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The ongoing Coronavirus which originated in the China's city of Wuhan has now brought the entire world to its knees. State-wide closures and lockdowns has left many countries struggling for basic necessities.