The World Health Organization (WHO) has received criticism for badly bungling the early stages of the novel coronavirus and what appears to be too-close-for-comfort ties to China.
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 has officially infected over 209,300 people as of March 18, according to a continuously updating map from the New York Times. The virus has killed at least 8,787 people around the world so far, and many of them have been from China, where the virus originated.