<p>The World Health Organization said Monday the outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus has "peaked" in China, where new cases have been declining since early February.</p>.<p>WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a mission of international experts determined that in China "the epidemic peaked and plateaued between the 23rd of January and the 2nd of February and has been declining steadily since then".</p>.<p><strong>'Iran, Italy, S.Korea virus cases 'deeply concerning''</strong></p>.<p>The jump in new coronavirus cases in Iran, Italy and South Korea in recent days is "deeply concerning", the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday.</p>.<p>"The sudden increase of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.</p>.<p><strong>'World must prepare for 'potential pandemic''</strong></p>.<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that so far, the WHO does not consider the outbreak that has killed more than 2,600 people a pandemic, but said countries should be "doing everything we can to prepare for a potential pandemic."</p>
<p>The World Health Organization said Monday the outbreak of the deadly new coronavirus has "peaked" in China, where new cases have been declining since early February.</p>.<p>WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that a mission of international experts determined that in China "the epidemic peaked and plateaued between the 23rd of January and the 2nd of February and has been declining steadily since then".</p>.<p><strong>'Iran, Italy, S.Korea virus cases 'deeply concerning''</strong></p>.<p>The jump in new coronavirus cases in Iran, Italy and South Korea in recent days is "deeply concerning", the head of the World Health Organization said on Monday.</p>.<p>"The sudden increase of cases in Italy, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Korea are deeply concerning," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.</p>.<p><strong>'World must prepare for 'potential pandemic''</strong></p>.<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that so far, the WHO does not consider the outbreak that has killed more than 2,600 people a pandemic, but said countries should be "doing everything we can to prepare for a potential pandemic."</p>