US may become new epicentre of coronavirus pandemic: WHO
The death toll from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States has risen above 600, with more than 50,000 cases of infection confirmed,;
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The World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson on March 24 said that with a rising number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, the country could become the new epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic.
"Europe is still the centre of the pandemic, but there had been "a very large acceleration" in cases in the US," the WHO spokesperson said at a news conference in Geneva on March 24, as quoted by NHK World. The WHO said that, as of last March 21, 75 percent of new infections around the world were from Europe, and 15 percent from the United States.
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