'Fatal mistake': WHO says no country should feel it will be spared coronavirus
Taking precautions: A mother and her baby wear protective masks in Sapporo, Japan. Photo: Reuters
Stephanie Nebehay and Roland Oliphant
No country should make the "fatal mistake" of assuming it will be spared the coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, as governments from Iran to Australia raced to contain the epidemic's rapid global spread.
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