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COVID-19 outbreak enters "uncharted territory": WHO chief

Tourists walk through a nearly empty St. Mark's Square on a rainy day in Venice

Tourists walk through a nearly empty St. Mark's Square on a rainy day in Venice Source: AAP

But the WHO Director-General says it may yet be contained, as the number of new cases in China - where the illness began - is now less than in the rest of the world.


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By Stephanie Corsetti

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But the WHO Director-General says it may yet be contained, as the number of new cases in China - where the illness began - is now less than in the rest of the world.



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