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The virus has infected more than 84,100 people in at least 56 countries.

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On 31 December 2019, WHO was informed of a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. WHO is closely monitoring this event and is in active communication with counterparts in China. In line with standard protocols for any public health event, an incident management system has been activated across the three levels of WHO and the Organization is prepared to mount a broader response, if needed.

Viral infection has now spread to nine Middle Eastern countries, with more than 79,000 cases worldwide.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned that the outbreak was a test that would inevitably shake the country’s economic development.

At the end of December Chinese authorities sent out a public alert warning that a “pneumonia of unknown cause” had been identified in Wuhan, central China.

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Iran has reported 12 deaths from a deadly coronavirus outbreak. Hundreds of new cases were reported in South Korea. And parts of northern Italy faced travel restrictions as the country contends with Europe's biggest outbreak. Get live updates here.