Coronavirus cases spread in Europe and beyond on Wednesday, as the US announced it was considering new travel restrictions and Latin America confirmed its first patient from an epidemic that has killed thousands worldwide. Meanwhile, the situation has improved in China. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the world is “simply not ready”.
More than 45 countries hit
There have been more than 82,100 infections and 2,800 deaths worldwide, according to the latest toll from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. The number of deaths in China — where the virus was first detected — has declined, with 29 more deaths reported on Thursday, the lowest daily figure in almost a month.
But the daily number of infections worldwide is higher than in China, the WHO has said. More than 50 deaths have been reported outside mainland China since the start of the epidemic, out of more than 3,600 people infected, according to the Johns Hopkins Center. Cases of the virus have appeared in nine new countries — Romania, Algeria, Austria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Norway, Pakistan, and Switzerland— bringing the number of countries hit to more than 45.
South Korea has announced more than 1,590 infections — by far the largest outside China — and 12 deaths. Source.aljazeera.com
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
