[This briefing has ended. Read the latest updates on the coronavirus epidemic here .] The virus sweeps the globe, with cases in at least 48 countries. Japan closed its schools for at least a month. Iran canceled Friday Prayers in major cities. Saudi Arabia barred pilgrims from its holiest sites. Stock markets tumbled. U.S. officials called for many more people to be tested. As cases of the new coronavirus soared in Europe and the Middle East, and infections cropped up in several additional countries — cumulatively at least 48 so far — the signs were everywhere on Thursday that the epidemic shaking much of the world was being viewed with growing alarm. And the illness, first detected in Chin a in December, appeared to enter a troubling new phase: Infections were found in patients in Germany and the United States who had no known risk factors, like having traveled to an affected area, suggesting that the virus could be spreading undetected in their communities. Conditions continued to ease in China , where the authorities lifted some citywide lockdowns and the country struggled to revive major segments of the economy that had ground to a halt. Around the world, the new… Read full this story
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