At a press conference on March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced COVID-19 as a pandemic in the context of the epidemic spreading to more than 110 countries and territories around the world, and at the same time at risk of spreading globally.
As of 10:00 on March 12, there were 4,375 deaths worldwide out of a total of 121,362 cases of COVID-19 infection. Countries such as China, Italy, South Korea, Iran... are heavily affected by the rapid spread of the epidemic and show no signs of stopping.
There have been 3,158 deaths out of a total of 80,778 epidemics in China. Roads in Beijing and Hubei in China have been deserted for many days, except for places where long lines of people waiting outside some stores to buy masks.
Fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, public places, tourist attractions and even streets in Korea are deserted.
Throughout Europe, many public events have been interrupted, a series of cultural and sports activities have been canceled or limited public participation. Italy is considered the red region of Europe. The country became the first country in the world to issue a national lockdown since March 10.
Thailand's Ministry of Health said on March 12 that the country had 11 new infections, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 70. The new cases are people who have come into contact and eaten together, the source of infection is a tourist from Hong Kong (China). In the context of the COVID-19 epidemic, the most popular tourist beaches in Phuket (Thailand) are deserted.
Iran continues to be a hot spot for the SARS-CoV-2 virus to spread in the Middle East. As of now, the number of cases in Iran has reached 9,000; 354 deaths are the third highest in the world after China and Italy.
On March 12, the Saudi Health Minister announced that the country recorded 24 new cases of CIVI-19 infection, bringing the total number of cases to 45. In the new cases, mainly Egyptian citizens were close to an Egyptian tourist infected with the virus. Many fun places, shopping centers and the largest mosque in the country become deserted when the epidemic broke out.
The School of Geography of Sao Paulo University (USP) closed after detecting a student positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on March 11.
On the evening of 11.3, WHO General Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebryesus warned: "In the next and next weeks, we will see the number of cases, the number of deaths and the number of affected countries increases even further. WHO claimed that Covid-19 was a pandemic, alarming that countries reacted were not fast and drastic enough to fight the disease that Covid-19 caused.
