Concerns about the risks posed by coronavirus are not being over-hyped, the Scottish Government’s national clinical director said after the number of people diagnosed with the disease increased.
Coronavirus pandemic: What does this mean – and what happens next
Two-and-a-half months after the outbreak began, the coronavirus has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation.
There are about 125,000 confirmed and suspected cases worldwide, and over 4,500 deaths. The number of cases outside of China has risen 13-fold in the past two weeks.


