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The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travellers.

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost eight times as many cases had been reported outside China as inside in the previous 24 hours,adding that the risk of coronavirus spreading was now very high at a global level.

US Vice President Mike Pence said that within 12 hours,airports across South Korea and Italy will screen all travellers for coronavirus. The head of the US Food and Drug Administration said US industry expects to have the capacity to perform 1 million coronavirus tests by the end of the week.Latvia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal andreported cases for the first time, bringing the total to more than 60 countries with the illness known as COVID-19.

In the United States, the Dow jumped nearly 1,300 points, or 5%,while the S&P 500 closed 4.6% higher.

 

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Close all borders..the problem is the worls cares more about the economy more than human lives.

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