Daily Mail: WHO director says countries must 'act aggressively now to contain coronavirus' and warns epidemics in Italy and Iran 'demonstrate what this virus is capable of'
* Dr Ghebreyesus told reporters of COVID-19's 'pandemic potential' in Geneva
* Comments come as global cases appear to overtake rate of Chinese infections
* President Emmanuel Macron said France, the world's most visited country, was preparing for a jump in coronavirus cases
The head of the World Health Organisation today told governments to 'act aggressively' to contain the global coronavirus crisis.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the major virus outbreaks in Iran and Italy in recent days 'demonstrate what this virus is capable of'.
The global health chief warned that it would be a 'fatal mistake, quite literally' for other nations to assume they will not be affected by the outbreak.
Pointing to a decline in new cases in China, Tedros said: 'It's what's happening in the rest of the world that's now our greatest concern'.
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