The US has the potential to become the new coronavirus epicenter — as the country is seeing a “very large acceleration” in infections, a World Health Organization official warned Tuesday.

A staggering 85 percent of new COVID-19 cases reported over the past 24 hours were from Europe and the US, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters.

Forty percent of those infections occurred in the US, Harris said.

When asked whether the US could become the new epicenter, she said, “We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US. So it does have that potential.”

“[The US has] a very large outbreak and an outbreak that is increasing in intensity,” she added.

A total of 46,450 coronavirus cases had been reported in the US by Tuesday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

China, where the outbreak first began, still accounts for the largest number of total cases — 81,588 — but the rate of infections has significantly slowed there and the two-month lockdown will be lifted in the city of Wuhan.

Italy is the new epicenter, with 63,927 cases, followed by the US.

The infection is also rampant in Spain and Germany, with 35,212 and 30,081 cases, respectively.

Globally, 387,382 cases and 16,767 deaths have been reported.

At a Geneva press briefing Monday, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said “the pandemic is accelerating.”

“It took 67 days from the first reported case to reach 100,000 cases, 11 days for the second 100,000 cases, and just four days for the third 100,000 cases,” he said.

https://nypost.com/2020/03/24/us-has-potential-to-become-new-coronavirus-epicenter-who/amp/

at the rate that US citizen get infected, it already IS the epicenter of coronavirus...

The WHO is a mofo.

MrBrownJay1:
at the rate that US citizen get infected, it already IS the epicenter of coronavirus...

Not yet, but she will be in a couple of days.

The way Americans are responding to this pandemic is truly mind-boggling. Some of them are still going to the beach or other gregarious amassments, despite the fact their country is currently a pandemic red zone.

panafrican:
The WHO is a mofo.

Why?

Filosofi:


Why?

Because they are just sitting there acting like a bunch of witches not mentioning the efforts people are making in the fight against this virus.

panafrican:

Because they are just sitting there acting like a bunch of witches not mentioning the efforts people are making in the fight against this virus.

You don't have to defend anything that has to do with USA while you criticise your own country's effort everyday.
This thing you just said now does not make sense in any dimension

Filosofi:
Not yet, but she will be in a couple of days.

The way Americans are responding to this pandemic is truly mind-boggling. Some of them are still going to the beach or other gregarious amassments, despite the fact their country is currently a pandemic red zone.

what do you expect when the president went on national TV to dismiss coronavirus as a hoax or said it will die down in April when warm weather arrives and/or said that everything was under control....? trump is the direct cause of all this mess, as he was so full of himself, he didnt address the issue in time. by the time, people started dying by the hundreds, thats when he understood he made a mistake and STILL didnt act right. US border with Mexico is still open and everyone can waltz in freely.