More than 100,000 people around the world have now been infected with the coronavirus, which has killed more than 3,300 people
Multiple senior Iranian officials have contracted the virus. Mohammad Mirmohammadi, a 71-year-old adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died of COVID-19 on Monday. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani signed an order last week that banned public gatherings like weddings, concerts, and sports games. The ban is scheduled to lift in time for the Persian New Year on March 20.
. "However, the move is expected to provide effective protection to people in Switzerland and to public health. It should prevent or delay the spread of the disease in Switzerland, thus reducing its momentum."Medical workers waiting before taking over a large temporary hospital built in an exhibition center in Wuhan on February 5.
US citizens returning home who have been in China's Hubei province — where Wuhan is located — within the past 14 days may be quarantined for up to two weeks. The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, which was sealed off after being identified as the likely origin point of the new coronavirus.Since most of the early patients had links to one market where live animals were sold, scientists pinpointed it as the likely origin of the virus.the virus could have started somewhere else
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