BBC: Coronavirus: 'Narrowing window' to contain outbreak, WHO says
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern at the number of coronavirus cases with no clear link to China or other confirmed cases.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus's comments follow Iran's announcement of two more deaths, bringing the total there to four.
The window of opportunity to contain the virus was "narrowing", he said.
Iranian health officials said the virus may already be in "all Iran's cities".
Outside China 1,152 cases of the virus have been confirmed in 26 countries and there have been eight deaths.
They include two deaths in South Korea, which has the biggest cluster of confirmed cases apart from China and a cruise ship quarantined in Japan.
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Covid-19 Global Outbreak -- February 21, 2020
Coronavirus: Which countries have confirmed cases? -- Al Jazeera
Coronavirus: window of containment 'narrowing' after Iran deaths, WHO warns -- The Guardian
Factbox: Latest on coronavirus spreading in China and beyond -- Reuters
World must act fast to contain coronavirus: WHO's Tedros -- Reuters
Countries evacuating nationals from coronavirus-hit areas -- Reuters
Iran says coronavirus has spread to several cities, reports two new deaths -- Reuters
Coronavirus claims two more lives in Iran -- Al Jazeera
Iran says two more deaths among 13 new coronavirus cases -- AFP
Coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities: health ministry official -- Reuters
Hong Kong police caught up in coronavirus crisis after first officer tests positive and more develop symptoms -- SCMP
First Italian patient dies of coronavirus: Ansa news agency -- Reuters
Italy coronavirus cases quintuple in a day as cluster emerges -- SCMP/AP
Italy reports first locally transmitted cases of coronavirus as Iran death toll rises to four -- ABC News Online
Coronavirus outbreak grows in northern Italy, 16 cases reported in one day -- Reuters
Israel confirms first coronavirus case in cruise ship returnee -- AFP
UAE records two new coronavirus cases, total number reaches 11 -- Reuters
Lebanon confirms first case of coronavirus, two more suspected -- Reuters
Coronavirus: Ukraine protesters attack buses carrying China evacuees -- BBC
'Enemies of the people': Coronavirus evacuees endure hostile return to Ukraine -- Reuters
New Canadian coronavirus patient never went to China, but had visited Iran -- SCMP
US warns against cruise ship travel in Asia over coronavirus -- AFP
China prisons, Korean church spread coronavirus woes as fears weigh on global markets, U.S. business -- Reuters
