The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebresius, announced yesterday that the organization believes that the outbreak of the new Corona virus (Covid-19) constitutes a pandemic, adding during a press conference in Geneva: “We are very concerned about the levels of prevalence and the levels of not taking the necessary measures, therefore We have reached an assessment that (Covid-19) can be classified as an epidemic. ”He explained that during the past two weeks, the number of infected cases, outside the disease center in China, has increased threefold, and the number of countries affected has increased threefold.

The World Health Organization praised the facilities provided by the UAE to facilitate the organization's work to combat the Corona virus in a number of countries, and thanked the country in this regard.

During the press conference in Geneva, the Chairman of the WHO Emergency Committee, Dr. Mike Ryan, thanked the organization's Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanum Gebreios, for His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, for his support The World Health Organization (WHO) in order to facilitate the delivery of materials to combat the virus in a number of some countries where the disease has arisen.

In addition, the latest toll prepared by Agence France-Presse revealed that the new Corona virus has resulted in more than 4,354 deaths, 119,711 infections, since its outbreak began in about 110 countries around the world.

Yesterday, Iran urged its citizens to stay indoors and avoid unnecessary exodus, after death toll rose to 354 cases, and injuries to 9,000.

Italy announced that the number of injuries increased by 2313 cases, bringing the total to 12,462 cases. In France, the total number of injuries reached 1784 cases, in addition to 33 deaths, while the British Ministry of Health said that the number of confirmed cases increased to 456 cases yesterday, and the number of deaths stabilized at Six cases.

In the Netherlands, health authorities said that the number of infected people jumped to 503 cases, the number of deaths due to HIV infection in the Netherlands increased from four to five cases, and in Belgium the number of deaths rose to three cases.

In the United States, where the number of injuries rose to over 900, it was decided to impose isolation on the city of New York, in New York.

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Germany reached 1850, and the number of deaths reached three cases.

The European Commission registered the first four cases of Coronavirus among its approximately 32,000 employees.

South Korean officials said that the country recorded a jump in the number of cases of coronavirus, yesterday, amounting to 242, bringing the total number of infections to 7,755 cases, and deaths rose to 60 after the death of one of the patients, and the Ministry of Health in the Israeli occupation government announced the high number of cases With "corona" to 75 people.

The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced the registration of eight new injuries, bringing the total number of injuries to 59, as well as the second death in the country, and the Ministry of Health in Morocco announced the registration of two new injuries, bringing the total number of injuries in the country to five cases.

The Bahraini Ministry of Health said it had recorded 77 new cases of coronavirus, among citizens who had been evacuated from Iran by plane, this week.

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced the registration of three new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections recorded in Kuwait to 72 cases, and Kuwait announced the suspension of all commercial flights to and from the country, from tomorrow until further notice.

Some major industries in Wuhan, the epicenter of the new Coruna virus outbreak, received notice from the authorities yesterday, allowing them to resume their activities, a day after the first visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to the city since the virus appeared.

- Iran urges its citizens to stay in their homes ... and the total number of injuries in Italy reaches 12 thousand cases.

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Death of the new corona virus, 119,711 infections worldwide.