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- Officials in Iran, Italy, and South Korea deployed new prevention and control measures to address the alarming spread of the new coronavirus.
- South Korea was placed under "red alert" as the country faces more than 700 cases of the virus and six related deaths so far.
- Spikes of cases outside of Asia in countries including Italy and Iran concerned leaders who announced new measures amid disrupted national events and elections.
- The difficulty officials have had containing the virus has raised global concerns that more major regions were at risk and the outbreak could reach pandemic status.
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Officials in Iran, Italy, and South Korea have begun to address the spread of the new coronavirus as concerns rise outside of China, where the virus originated.
Within China, the virus has infected nearly 77,000 people and has been tied to more than 2,400 deaths as cases of the virus has been found in at least 30 countries.
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- Cases of the coronavirus are spiking outside of China and the World Health Organization warned 'the window of opportunity is narrowing' to contain it
- South Korea accepted that its efforts to stop the coronavirus from infecting the country failed and says it's pivoting to containment
- While the world focuses on the coronavirus, people in China with other illnesses may pay a price long after the outbreak ends
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