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WHO chief says Covid-19 pandemic ‘accelerating’ as global cases top 300,000

24 Mar 2020, 2:06 AM
WHO chief says Covid-19 pandemic ‘accelerating’ as global cases top 300,000

GENEVA, March 24 — More than 300,000 cases of Covid-19 have now been reported from almost every country in the world, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday, noting "the pandemic is accelerating."

It took 67 days from the first reported case of Covid-19 to reach the first 100,000 cases, while the second and the third 100,000 cases were reported just within 11 days and 4 days respectively, he said.

Xinhua news agency quoted him as saying this at a daily briefing.

— Bernama

 

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