The World Health Organization is confident of China's control of the Coruna epidemic

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed support for the measures taken by the Chinese government to combat the Corona virus, indicating China's ability to control the new virus.

"The World Health Organization and the international community fully applaud and support the decisive measures taken by the Chinese government and appreciate the great efforts made by China to curb the spread," the Chinese Xinhua News Agency quoted the Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gebresos, as saying during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing today. Pneumonia".

He added that the organization does not recommend the evacuation of citizens, calling on the international community to be calm and not to overreact.

In a statement, the organization indicated that it agreed with the Chinese authorities to send international experts as soon as possible in order to supervise efforts to combat the virus, stressing the urgent and urgent need to understand how corona is transmitted and how dangerous it is to direct instructions to other countries on appropriate measures to be taken to deal With the virus.

In turn, Zhong Nanshan, head of the National Experts Group on Prevention of Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia, predicted a new death rate from the new virus.

On the other hand, local authorities in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, announced that tourist attractions will be temporarily closed to tourists amid the spread of the virus starting from today to help in combating it, and travel services in the city have been suspended to prevent the gathering of tourists, transmission of infection and curbing the spread of the virus.

On the financial front, the China Securities Regulatory Commission called on financial institutions to create a healthy and safe trading environment for investors to encourage them to trade and provide technology support amid a deadly virus outbreak.

And the Chinese health authorities announced earlier today, the registration of 4,515 confirmed cases of pneumonia caused by the new Corona virus in 30 provinces at the county level, while 106 people died as a result of this disease.