About 3.4% of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have died, far above seasonal flu’s fatality rate of under 1%, but the novel coronavirus can be contained, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a Geneva news conference: “To summarize, COVID-19 spreads less efficiently ...
Coronavirus infections drop dramatically in China but surge abroad, with the US death toll rising to six and the World Health Organization (WHO) warning we are in “uncharted territory”. To date, more than 3,100 have died from the new virus, while more than 90,000 have been infected in 73 countries ...