America's stock of gags is not enough .. WHO: The world is not ready to face Corona

"The world is not prepared to cope with the spread of the Corona virus," said the head of the World Health Organization's mission to China, Bruce Aylord, and US Secretary of Health Alexis Azar acknowledged that his country 's muzzle stocks "are not enough to cope with the outbreak" of the virus.

"We are not prepared, as we must be, psychologically or materially ... You have to be prepared to deal with the virus on a broader scale and this must happen quickly," Aylord, returning from China, told reporters at the WHO headquarters in Geneva.

The mission visited several Chinese cities and regions, including Wuhan, the epicenter of the "Covid-19" virus epidemic, to study its developments and effects.

The expert welcomed what China was doing to contain the epidemic. "The team unanimously assessed that they changed the course of the virus ... it is amazing," he said.

"If I catch Covid-19 virus, I would like to be treated in China," he said, referring to the efforts of this country to equip existing hospitals and build new ones, adding that "China knows how to keep people living with Coronavirus alive," calling on the rest of the international community to prepare more.

No masks
"We expect the spread of Corona virus in the United States, and the question is when will this happen," said the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"We have stockpiles of masks, but it is not enough to deal with the outbreak of the Corona virus," said US Secretary of Health Alexis Azar. Reuters quoted him as saying that there is likely to be more coronavirus infection in the United States.

The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to devote $ 2.5 billion to fighting the disease. So far, 53 cases of the virus have been recorded in the country, including 39 people who were evacuated from China and the "Diamond Princess" ship, which was being held in Japan.

Iran
Tests showed that the Deputy Minister of Health and a member of Parliament in Iran were infected with the Coruna virus, while the total number of deaths there due to the virus rose to 16, with Iran recording the highest number of deaths of the virus outside China.

"The tests have proven that I have corona ... I do not very much hope to stay in this world," said parliament member Mahmoud Sadqi on Twitter.

The Iranian Deputy Minister of Health was also injured, and he was wounded in an online video posted by official media.

"Among those suspected of being infected with the virus, 35 have been confirmed (new cases) and two have died due to infection with the Corona virus," said Health Ministry spokesman Kyanosh Jahanpur. He added that 95 people were injured across Iran.

The Iranian authorities have ordered the canceling of concerts and football matches nationwide and the closure of schools and universities in many regions as part of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus, and also urged the Iranians to stay in their homes.

"He is an unfortunate guest, who has been invited without invitation ... God willing, this virus will pass," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a televised speech.

Several countries suspended flights with Iran after confirming cases of infection between travelers who came from Iran to Canada, Lebanon, the Emirates, Afghanistan and Iraq. Some neighboring countries closed their borders with them.

Six Arab countries announced the emergence of the first cases of HIV infection, and all those infected are linked to Iran. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced the increase in the number of cases of Coronavirus to 9. The Bahraini Ministry of Health announced the increase in the number of Coronavirus infections to 17. The Omani Ministry of Health announced that the number of cases of Coronavirus had increased to 4.

"We are very concerned about information that says Iran has concealed information about the Corona virus," said US Secretary of State Pompeo.

For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said, "We must work together to confront the Corona virus, which knows no borders and does not distinguish between races."

Europe
The head of the Italian Civil Protection Agency, Angelo Borelli, announced today, Tuesday, the death of three other people due to the Corona virus in northern Italy, bringing the total number of deaths to ten.

Borelli told reporters that the three are in their eighties and are from Lombardy, one of the worst affected areas in Italy. He added that the number of confirmed cases increased to 322, most of them in the north of the country.

Algeria announced the registration of the first confirmed case of infection with the Corona virus, and indicated that the case was for an Italian who entered the country on the 17th of this month, and he is currently quarantined in a hospital in the Algerian capital.

The Spanish newspaper, La Vanguardia, said that the health authorities discovered a case of Corona virus in Catalonia today, the fourth in the country. Three tourists from Germany, Italy and Britain were found injured in the Canary Islands and Majorca.

Quarantine has been imposed on a hotel on the island of Tenerife, the largest of the Spanish Canary Islands, and has a thousand inmates after confirming the case of one case of coronavirus, and the police are guarding the hotel and everyone inside is examined.

And the Swiss authorities announced on Tuesday the first infection with the new Corona virus in an area close to the border with Italy.

Less injuries in China
On Tuesday, China announced an increase in new cases of coronavirus in the Hubei region, the epicenter of the disease, while the rest of the country saw a decline for the fourth consecutive day.

The World Health Organization considers the overall situation of China to be improving. The organization adds that the epidemic reached a "climax" in China and then settled between January 23 and February 2, shortly after the quarantine was imposed on Wuhan and its 11 million people.

The National Health Committee said that Hubei province had 499 new cases on February 24, up from 398 the previous day and that the increase was mainly due to new infections in Wuhan, the provincial capital.

On the mainland in general, 508 confirmed cases were recorded, up from 409 on February 23, pushing the total number of confirmed cases on the mainland to 77,658 cases so far.

Excluding the most recent cases in Hubei, the rest of China saw only nine new infections on February 24, the lowest number since January 20, when health authorities began publishing data on corona infections nationwide.