World Health Organization officials said Friday they are increasing the risk assessment of the coronavirus, which has spread to at least 49 countries in a matter of weeks, to “very high” across the world. “We have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of COVID-19 to very high at global level,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, said during a press briefing at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva. Outside of China, there are 4,351 cases across 48 countries, including 67 deaths as of Friday morning, Tedros said. He said health officials are seeing “linked epidemics ... (full story)