World Health Organization Today: Risk of COVID-19 Spread and Impact Is Now “Very High At A Global Level.”

“We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at a global level.”

— Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020

Friday, February 28, 2020, at 2:15 PM Mtn in Albuquerque, NM: COVID-19 confirmed cases = 84,173. Deaths = 2,876. Recoveries = 36,880. — Friday, February 28, 2020, at 2:15 PM Mtn in Albuquerque, NM: **COVID-19 confirmed cases = 84,173. Deaths = 2,876. Recoveries = 36,880.** Source: Worldometers.info.

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announcing COVID-19 threat assessment now "very high risk at a global level," on February 28, 2020, in Geneva, Switzerland. — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announcing COVID-19 threat assessment is now “very high risk at a global level,” on February 28, 2020, in Geneva, Switzerland.

February 28, 2020 Albuquerque, New Mexico – In a press conference today, the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that COVID-19 has spread to 59 countries now in every continent except Antarctica. Further, he announced, “We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at a global level.”

Citing the work of its researchers in China, WHO announced earlier this week that the fatality rate for COVID-19 is “between 2% and 4%.”

Worldometers.info is keeping a 24-hour watch on COVID-19 news and reported at 2:30 PM Mtn., February 28, 2020, that the coronavirus is infecting people in 59 countries and territories around the world, plus the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama, Japan, earlier in February that became a concentrated Petri dish of coronavirus that spread to more than 600 cruise passengers.

Feb. 28, 2020, Page 1: Worldometers.info. Click to enlarge. — **Feb. 28, 2020, Page 1: Worldometers.info.** **Click to enlarge.**

Worldometers.info. Click to enlarge. — **Feb. 28, 2020, Page 2: Worldometers.info.** **Click to enlarge.**

More Information:

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02-17-2020 – Monday 7:30 PM Update: 73,335 Confirmed Cases and 1,873 Deaths; 300+ American Diamond Princess Cruise Passengers Land At Lackland AFB Early This Morning with 14 More COVID-19 Newly Infected Patients Who Will Be Quarantined Again, Raising U.S. Confirmed Cases to 29.

02-11-2020 – Feb. 11 Update 4 PM Mtn – Wuhan Coronavirus Infections — 28 Countries: 1,107 Deaths, 43,101 cases; U.S. Still At 12 Confirmed in 5 States.
02-04-2020 – Feb. 4th 11:30 AM Mtn UPDATE – 427 Deaths and 20,707 Confirmed Cases in 28 Countries. 11 Cases in USA. Hong Kong Reports 1st Death Amid Calls to Shut Down Border. Hyundai Suspending Car Production in So. Korea.
01-31-2020 – Friday 8:45 PM Update – 7th Case in U.S.; Current Death Toll Now 259 and Confirmed Cases 11,791. Many Airlines Have Suspended All Flights to China. Russia Closed Down Border to China As W.H.O. Declares Wuhan Coronavirus “Global Public Health Emergency.”
01-25-2020 – Saturday AM UPDATE: New Wuhan Coronavirus Death Toll Now 41; More Than 1,287 Confirmed Cases, Including France. 2 Confirmed U. S. Cases.05-28-2009 – Updated – Is A/H1N1 Outbreak A “Herald Wave” Preceding More Serious Fall 2009 Epidemic?
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Websites:

“Coronavirus: Italy hunts for coronavirus superspreader as ‘7th person dies’ of COVID-19,” Sky News, February 24, 2020: https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-austria-considers-border-controls-over-coronavirus-outbreak-11941438

Worldometers Active COVID-19 Cases and Deaths: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

“Lung biopsy of deceased China patient shows SARS-like damage,” February 18, 2020, Japanese Times: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/18/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/lung-biopsy-deceased-china-patient-shows-sars-like-damage/#.Xky-KUN7k6c

“Stocks fall after Apple’s coronavirus warning; analyst says ‘worst is yet to come’ for markets,” February 18, 2020: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/18/coronavirus-latest-updates.html

World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Meeting Jan. 22, 2020: https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/novel-coronavirus-2019/en/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/novel-coronavirus-2019/en/

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COVID-19 Cases in U.S: CDC Latest Coronavirus Updates | Time: https://time.com/5783771/covid-19-us-cases/

SciTechDaily.com: https://scitechdaily.com/

COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by Statista: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092918/china-wuhan-coronavirus-2019ncov-confirmed-and-deceased-number/