The new outbreak of the Corona virus expanded to include more countries during the last hours, while Arab countries continued to take strict measures to combat it, as the number of infections on their lands increased.

During the last 24 hours, Algeria, Brazil, Switzerland, Austria and Croatia announced the registration of the first confirmed case of the emerging Corona virus (Covid-19), and Spain announced the registration of the first cases of the disease on the mainland, after it had detected infections on its islands.

All of those cases that were announced recently - including those registered in Algeria and Brazil - are linked to Italy, from which Corona has moved to several countries, which are the most affected by the virus in Europe.

European countries began to tighten their actions at borders and in public places, to prevent the spread of Corona. Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the German authorities are considering options to isolate areas in the capital, Berlin, for fear of spreading the virus.

Arab world
The official Bahrain News Agency said on Wednesday morning that the total number of cases of coronavirus in Bahrain rose to 26 cases, while the Ministry of Health in Kuwait announced that the number of infections rose to 12 cases.

Kuwait canceled the celebrations of its national holidays until further notice, and the Kuwaiti Civil Aviation Administration suspended flights to and from South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Thailand and Italy.

The Kuwaiti authorities also decided to prevent ships coming from China, South Korea, Italy, Singapore, Thailand, Japan or Iraq, or destined for these countries, from stopping at their ports, except for oil tankers.

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The Ministry of Health in the Sultanate of Oman announced the increase in the number of cases of Coronavirus to four cases, and the authorities stopped the import and export operations by Iranian ships in the Khasab port.

As for Lebanon, it decided to stop religious trips with countries experiencing an outbreak of the virus, and Qatar Airways announced that it will temporarily suspend flights to and from Mashhad, Shiraz and Isfahan, Iran.

On Tuesday, Algeria announced the registration of the first confirmed case of infection with the Coronavirus, explaining that the case was for an Italian who entered the country on February 17, and is currently in quarantine in a hospital in the Algerian capital.

China ... mortality is declining
In China, where the virus originated, the authorities announced today, Wednesday, the death toll from corona, to 2715 cases, after recording in the past 24 hours the death of 52 people, the lowest daily death rate recorded by the country within three weeks.

The National Health Committee said in its daily update of statistics related to the outbreak of the virus that the number of new infected people during the past 24 hours reached 406 people, the vast majority (401) residing in Hubei Province, the epicenter of the virus (center of the country), in which all new deaths were recorded without An exception, bringing the total number of people infected with the virus in China to more than 78,000.

The Chinese authorities indicated that the number of those recovering exceeded the number of new casualties for the eighth day in a row.

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The new corona virus first appeared in late December 2019 in Wuhan, in the wild animal market, and spread rapidly with a massive population movement for the Lunar New Year holiday in January 2020.

On January 23, the Chinese authorities imposed a stone on Wuhan, with a population of 11 million, and closed all parts of Hubei Province in the following days.

Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization's mission to China, Bruce Ailward, said, "The world is not prepared to face the spread of the Corona virus."

"We are not as prepared as we should be, either psychologically or materially ... You have to be prepared to deal with the virus on a broader scale, and this must happen quickly," Ayelward, who is returning from China, told reporters at the organization's headquarters in Geneva.

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

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

South Korea
On the other hand, South Korea announced at dawn Wednesday, 169 new cases of coronavirus, taking the total number of cases to 1146.

And Yonhap News reported that South Korea had reported the 12th death from corona virus infection.

According to Agence France-Presse, the US forces in South Korea announced the first infection with the Corona virus in its ranks.

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Iran
In Iran, medical tests showed that the Deputy Minister of Health and a member of Parliament were infected with the Coruna virus. This comes at a time when the total number of deaths due to the virus has risen to 16, with Iran recording the highest number of virus deaths outside of China.

Member of Parliament Mahmoud Sadiqi said in a tweet on Twitter, "The tests have proven that I have corona ... I do not have much hope to remain in this world."

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

For his part, Ministry of Health spokesman Kyanosh Jahanpur said that among those suspected of being infected with the virus, 35 new cases were confirmed, and two died, and he added that 95 people were infected throughout Iran.

Concerns in America
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it expects a spread of the Coronavirus in the United States, but the question is: "When will this happen?"

"We have stockpiles of masks, but it is not enough to counter the outbreak of the Corona virus," said US Secretary of Health Alex Azar, and considered the situation caused by Corona in Iran and Italy to be very worrying.