WHO chief warns coronavirus ‘pandemic is accelerating’

By Zach Halaschak

Published March 23, 2020 6:33pm ET

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WHO chief warns coronavirus ‘pandemic is accelerating’ — The director-general of the World Health Organization said the coronavirus outbreak was quickly increasing in scale. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced at a news conference in Geneva on Monday that more than 350,000 people worldwide had been infected with the deadly virus. Tedros noted that it took 67 days to confirm the first 100,000 cases, 11 […]

The director-general of the World Health Organization said the coronavirus outbreak was quickly increasing in scale.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced at a news conference in Geneva on Monday that more than 350,000 people worldwide had been infected with the deadly virus. Tedros noted that it took 67 days to confirm the first 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second 100,000 cases to be confirmed, and only four days to confirm the most recent 100,000 cases.

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