Covid-19 goes global

• Autores: Debora MacKenzie
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3271, 2020, pág. 7
• Idioma: inglés
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  • MacKenzie talks about the global spread of the covid-19 virus seems to have exploded, with outbreaks discovered in Italy and the Middle East, and a surge in cases in South Korea. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization, has warned that he window of opportunity for containing the virus is narrowing. The new cases can't be traced to their source of infection. By Feb 25, Iran had reported 95 cases. This may be an underestimate, as two people who flew from Iran to Canada and Lebanon have been found to be infected. Some countries, such as Singapore, have detected most of the infected travellers. Ghebreyesus says that they are failing to detect two-thirds of people travelling globally who are infected with coronavirus. Once the virus spreads in the community this way, containment becomes impossible.