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...GENEVA/BEIJING - The rapid spread of the coronavirus increased fears of a pandemic on Friday, with six countries reporting their first cases and the World Health Organization raising its global spread and impact risk alert to "Very high".
..."That is why we said today the global risk is very high," he told reporters in Geneva.
...Tedros said mainland China had reported 329 new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest there in more than a month, taking its tally to more than 78,800 cases with almost 2,800 deaths.
...U.S. intelligence agencies are monitoring the spread of the coronavirus in Iran and India, where only a handful of cases have been reported, sources said.
...Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, where the coronavirus has killed two and infected more than 90, quarantined a pet dog of a coronavirus patient after it tested "Weak positive", though authorities had no evidence the virus can be transmitted to pets.
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