Coronavirus: USA could become the new epicenter of the epidemic, according to WHO

Coronavirus: USA could become the new epicenter of the epidemic, according to WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Tuesday a "very rapid acceleration" of the coronavirus epidemic in the United States.

Asked if they could become the new epicenter, her spokesperson Margaret Harris replied, "We are seeing a very strong acceleration in the number of cases in the United States. So I think they have the potential. "

Margaret Harris also estimated that the human toll of the epidemic worldwide, currently 14,510 deaths, should "increase considerably" as new cases of contamination are reported to WHO.

According to the WHO, 85% of new cases registered in the last 24 hours were concentrated in Europe and the United States.

(Emma Farge and Stephanie Nebehay, French version Jean-Stéphane Brosse and Jean-Philippe Lefief)