UNITED NATIONS, Feb 11 (APP): The head of the World Health Organization has said spread of coronavirus cases outside China could be “the spark that becomes a bigger fire” and that governments must continue to treat containment of the disease as a priority. “Our objective remains containment,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference in Geneva on Monday. “We call on all countries to use the window of opportunity we have to prevent a bigger fire.” Most cases of the disease outside China have been people who had just spent time there or others who came into contact with them. But in some countries the virus has continued to spread, leading to local outbreaks, which is what most worries WHO. “The detection of this small number of cases could be the spark that becomes a bigger fire, but for now it’s only a spark,” Tedros aid at the press conference. The WHO is sending shipments of supplies like medical masks and gloves, as well as tests for the coronavirus, to countries around the world in an attempt to better arm officials against the viral outbreak. As of Monday, WHO reported 40,235 confirmed cases in China, where the virus … Continue reading Coronavirus spreading outside China could spark ‘bigger fire’: WHO says