On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted that he will be holding a news conference at the White House with CDC officials after publicly attacking the media for causing the stock market to panic.
Trump wrote: "Low Ratings Fake News MSNBC (Comcast) & CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!"
Current number of cases in more than 30 countries as of Feb. 26, 2020:
Total confirmed cases: More than 81,000
Total deaths: At least 2,764
For the first time since the outbreak, new COVID-19 cases outside China have exceeded those reported inside. More than half of cases are in South Korea, which has reported 284 current cases, totaling 1,261. New cases in South Korea have increased, as a U.S. soldier in the country tested positive on Wednesday.
France has reported the nation's second death and Italy reported its 12 death.
In Germany, the nation's Health Minister Jens Spahn stated that Germany's cases cannot be traced to China. The nation currently has 20 cases.
Austria, Croatia, Greece, Brazil, Norway, Spain, Georgia and Pakistan have announced having their first case of the virus, with those infected tied to travel in Italy or Iran.
Italy's number...
The World Health Organization raised the global risk from the coronavirus to the agency's highest level of alert. Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated: "We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at global level." WHO also warned that hospitals across the world are not prepared to handle the outbreak. Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's health emergencies program
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump tweeted that he will be holding a news conference at the White House with CDC officials after publicly attacking the media for causing the stock market to panic.
Trump wrote: "Low Ratings Fake News MSNBC (Comcast) & CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!"
Current number of cases in more than 30 countries as of Feb. 26, 2020:
Total confirmed cases: More than 81,000
Total deaths: At least 2,764
For the first time since the outbreak, new COVID-19 cases outside China have exceeded those reported inside. More than half of cases are in South Korea, which has reported 284 current cases, totaling 1,261. New cases in South Korea have increased, as a U.S. soldier in the country tested positive on Wednesday.
France has reported the nation's second death and Italy reported its 12 death.
In Germany, the nation's Health Minister Jens Spahn stated that Germany's cases cannot be traced to China. The nation currently has 20 cases.
Austria, Croatia, Greece, Brazil, Norway, Spain, Georgia and Pakistan have announced having their first case of the virus, with those infected tied to travel in Italy or Iran.
Italy's number...
