WHO Increases Coronavirus Risk Assessment to Very High

People wearing face masks walk next to barriers set up at a residential area in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, Hubei Province, China, on Feb. 28, 2020. Stringer/Reuters

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday raised its coronavirus threat level to very high, citing the continued increase in the number of cases around the world.

The spike in cases in some countries and the new countries reporting cases are concerning, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.