World Health Organization (WHO) says "impossible" to say when Covid-19 pandemic will peak, reports AFP news agency.
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WHO Says 'Impossible' to Say When COVID-19 Pandemic will Peak: Coronavirus Outbreak Live News Updates on March 13, 2020
The outbreak of coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has been declared a pandemic by the WHO. Catch live updates on the coronavirus outbreak here.
New Delhi, March 13: The outbreak of coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19, has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation as the number of cases nears 130,000 around the globe. Coronavirus has claimed 1,016 lives in Italy. Besides, at least 15,113 people are infected with the virus. In India, a 76-year-old man from Karnataka who died on March 10 had coronavirus - the first fatality - the government said on Thursday. We will be giving live updates on the coronavirus outbreak here.
In Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau tested positive for coronavirus. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's aide, who recently met US President Donald Trump, has also been tested positive for coronavirus. Bolsonaro's press secretary, Fabio Wajngarten, visited the United States over the weekend, where he met with Trump, Pence and other White House officials at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
The White House, however, said on Thursday that Trump and Pence had no plans to undergo testing. As cases of coronavirus have been declining in China in the last few days, Beijing has asserted that the peak of the virus epidemic has passed. According to Johns Hopkins University, the outbreak has spread across the globe with more than 126,000 infections and more than 4,600 deaths. More than 68,000 people have recovered so far.
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