<span style="color: #222222;">Nigeria reported the first Novel Corona virus case in sub-Saharan Africa today, an Italian man who returned to densely populated Lagos early this week. Cases had previously been reported in Egypt and Algeria, but not in the sub-Saharan region.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The virus has killed more than 2,800 people and infected over 83,000 worldwide the vast majority in China since it emerged from a suspected animal market in a central Chinese city in late December. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The number of new deaths and infections has been tapering off in China, but infections elsewhere have started to surge, with Iran, Italy, South Korea and Japan becoming the major new hot spots and cases being confirmed in more than 50 countries.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' World Health Organization Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday the world was at a decisive point and countries could still contain the epidemic if they act aggressively now. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">No country should assume it won't get cases; that could be a fatal mistake, quite literally. This virus does not respect borders, Mr Tedros said in Geneva.</span>