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Outbreak has gone beyond being contained: US expert
WHO also says surge in cases outside of China over the past week is deeply worrying
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Medical personnel work in the intensive care unit of a hospital in Wuhan on Feb 24, 2020.
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The coronavirus outbreak has gone beyond the point of containment, said a Harvard don.
"I think the virus is already spreading rapidly and actively in many places," said Professor Marc Lipsitch, director of the Centre for Communicable Disease Dynamics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He told The Straits Times: "It seems extremely unlikely that the virus will be contained."
