BEIJING?SEOUL?SINGAPORE: In South Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. But it’s not the numbers that are worrying experts: It's that increasingly they can't trace where the clusters started.
A woman wearing a protective facemask amid fears about the spread of the Covid-19 walking past a mosque in Singapore. In S. Korea, Singapore and Iran, clusters of infections are leading to a jump in cases of the new viral illness outside China. But it’s not the numbers that are worrying experts: It's that increasingly they can't trace where the clusters started. - AP
"A number of spot fires, occurring around the world is a sign that things are ticking along, and what we are going to have here is probably a pandemic, ” said Ian Mackay, who studies viruses at Australia's University of Queensland. The newest red flag: Iran has reported 28 cases, including five deaths, in just days. The cluster began in the city of Qom, a popular religious destination, but it's not clear how. Worse, infected travelers from Iran already have been discovered in Lebanon and Canada.
But as the virus becomes more widespread, trying to trace every contact would be futile, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong acknowledged earlier this month. "If that's the case, all of these containment methods are not going to work, ” Adalja said."It's likely mixed in the cold and flu season all over the place, in multiple countries” and gone unnoticed until someone gets severely ill.
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