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Suddenly, the number of confirmed patients increased to 16 in Korea, 25 in Thailand and 23 in Japan. Although patients have already emerged from more than 20 countries around the world, the World Health Organization says it is not yet a worldwide pandemic.

This news is reported by reporter Kim Hak-hui.

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Six more new corona confirmers have emerged in Thailand, resulting in 25 new corona patients.

The largest number of confirmers except China.

In Japan, three additional patients were confirmed, increasing the number of new corona patients to 23.

To date, there have been confirmed patients in more than 20 countries worldwide, excluding China.

Following the large-scale cruise ship Diamond Princess anchored in Yokohama Port, Japan, the cruise ship World Dream, which traveled between China and Vietnam last month with more than 4,000 passengers, was confirmed and confirmed that the new corona was confirmed.

But the World Health Organization says the new corona is not yet a pandemic.

[Silby Bryan / WHO Director of Global Infection Risk Response: (New Corona) is not a global pandemic at present. Infectious diseases are in the stage of simultaneous occurrence.]

In Wuhan, the new corona is spreading rapidly, but in other parts of China, sporadic outbreaks occur.

In particular, the new coronavirus has yet to show a lot of strains, he said, 'stable virus.

The WHO says 19 countries have been notified of restrictions on the new corona, but they will discuss ways to resume flights with the tourism industry.

The WHO advised hand washing and wearing a mask, saying that the new corona is infected through the splash and can be carried when the infected person or the object they touched is touched directly.