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China Reports Nearly 100 Deaths In A Single Day From Coronavirus

The new figures come as the head of the World Health Organization warns that a few cases of 2019nCoV that have been spread by people who never traveled to China could be "the tip of the iceberg."

The head of the World Health Organization is warning that a few cases of the novel coronavirus that have been spread by people who never traveled to China could be "the tip of the iceberg," as officials reported the highest single-day death toll since the epidemic began.

Meanwhile, Chinese authorities lashed out at Western media reports that Beijing was not fully cooperating with international health experts.

In a tweet on Sunday from Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the "spread outside #China appears to be

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