Iran Press/Asia: As of Saturday, the virus had spread to 28 countries. Some 1,500 cases had been confirmed outside China; multiple infections in the United States, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates; and one in Egypt, the first to be confirmed on the African continent.
Early Sunday, China, where the virus emerged, raised its numbers to 76,936 confirmed cases and 2,442 deaths.
Panic was spreading in Israel on the news that nine South Koreans who had spent a week visiting often-crowded religious sites as part of a Roman Catholic tour group had tested positive upon returning home.
Many African countries are bracing for the disease. The World Health Organization has identified 13 as priorities because of their direct links to China or their high volume of travel to it.
With hundreds of infections having been confirmed in South Korea in just a few days, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun called the situation “grave.”
On Friday, American officials said at least 34 people inside the United States have the virus — 18 of them from the Diamond Princess. All of the 34 cases have been linked to overseas travel. There has been no sign yet of the virus spreading among communities in the United States.
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