Tedros: still a chance to contain coronavirus outbreak

he of World Health Organisation (WHO)  said on Friday re was a "fighting chance" of containing virus that's spre from China, but crisis could get worse.

"Although window of opportunity is narrowing to contain outbreak, we still have a chance to contain it," WHO director general Tedros ham Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.

But he ded: "We have to prepare at same time for any eventualities, because this outbreak could go any direction – it could even be messy."

His comments came after South Korea anunced a sharp rise in new cases.

Dr. Sylvie Briand, who hes global infectious hazard preparedness at WHO, cautioned that fatigue among overworked or understaffed healthcare workers also increases risk of hospital-based infection, because in such cases, infection prevention and control measures tend to lag.