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WHO raises global virus risk to maximum level

Mask-clad commuters make their way to work during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo

The World Health Organization on Friday raised its global risk assessment of the new coronavirus to its highest level after the epidemic spread to sub-Saharan Africa and caused financial markets to plunge.

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