Coronavirus Spread Outside of China May Be the ‘Tip of the Iceberg:' WHO Chief

Coronavirus Spread Outside of China May Be the ‘Tip of the Iceberg:' WHO Chief
A woman wears a mask as she walks near Chinatown in London on Feb. 7, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Photo
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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All countries should prepare for the arrival of the new coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization said on Sunday, as he warned that the current number of cases confirmed in countries outside of China might be “the tip of the iceberg.”

The overwhelming majority of the confirmed cases around the world are in China, where the new virus started in December 2019. But a growing number of cases have been confirmed in other countries, with patients testing positive in over two dozen countries.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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