The outbreak continues across Europe, Asia and the U.S., which has reported its first deaths in New Jersey and South Dakota.
The COVID-19 virus continues to gain ground as more cases emerge in parts of Europe, with Italy now reporting more than 10,000 infections, as well as in Asia, including in Japan, India and Vietnam.
"WHO reiterates that measures that restrict the movement of people during this outbreak should be proportionate to the public health risk, short in duration and reviewed regularly as more information about the virus, the disease epidemiology and clinical characteristics becomes available," the World Health Organization noted in its latest statement.
"Of the 80,000 reported cases in China, more than 70% have recovered and been discharged," Ghebreyesus added. The latest death in New Jersey, which this week declared a state of emergency, state governor Phil Murphy posted on his official Twitter account. Meanwhile, New York continues to count more infected people, with around 30 new cases reported on Tuesday, and Governor Andrew Cuomo has deployed the National Guard to deliver food to the homes within the state's containment zone in New Rochelle, which has had a cluster of cases, with around 108 infections so far, the governor's office said in a statement.
"The virus has arrived in Europe, it's there, we must all understand that," Merkel said at the briefing, noting that there still is no vaccine available for the virus.
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