CORONAVIRUS | As of Sunday, there are over 86,500 cases globally and the outbreak has spread to 53 countries outside of China.
| The rapid spread of the new coronavirus has increased fears of a pandemic, sending global markets into a dive last week and prompting governments to step up control measures.
Mainland China reported the biggest daily rise in coronavirus cases since Feb 22 on Sunday as more infections emerged among prison inmates in the epicentre of the outbreak, but officials emphasized the overall situation continues to improve.Factory activity in China contracted at the fastest pace ever in February, highlighting the damage from the outbreak on the world’s second-largest economy.
Iran’s death toll has reached 54, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV, adding the number of those infected had reached 978.
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