WHO Chief: novel coronavirus can be contained

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that the novel coronavirus "can be contained."

He noted that the number of new cases reported outside China exceeded that in China for the first time.

"A WHO team will travel to Iran this weekend to provide support," he said. 

On the same day, he tweeted that every country should be ready to detect COVID-19 cases early.