South America becomes the new epicenter of coronavirus
The World Health Organization said on Friday that South America is the new epicenter of coronavirus due to a massive rise in new coronavirus cases in the region. “We’ve seen many South American countries with increasing numbers of cases and clearly there’s a concern across many of those countries, but certainly the most affected is Brazil at this point,” Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s emergencies program said.
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