(MENAFN- Jordan News Agency) Amman, Feb. 28 (Petra)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) said the that the coronavirus is getting bigger after Nigeria recorded first case in sub-Saharan Africa, as number of cases worldwide surpassed 83,000.
Hopes that the coronavirus would be contained to China have vanished as the first case in sub-Saharan Africa was announced in Nigeria and stock markets took a pounding amid fears of a global recession.
In China - the epicenter of the deadly disease - the National Health Commission reported on Friday at least 44 new coronavirus deaths, bringing to 2,788 the number of fatalities nationwide.
Coronavirus has killed more than 2,800 people and infected more than 83,000 worldwide.
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