⁍ German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said countries must take complete and effective action against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

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⁍ ‘We have to join our forces in order to better fight the pandemic,’ Altmaier told a German-Arab business forum.

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– The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa the world’s biggest ever, with a total of 1,447 people dead from the disease as of Sunday, Reuters reports. The new death toll is more than double the number who died from the original outbreak in Guinea earlier this year. The disease has spread from Guinea to at least 11 other African countries and sickened more than 200 people. Guinea’s health minister says the new death toll is likely to rise as more people arrive at hospitals with symptoms of the disease. “We have to join our forces in order to better fight the pandemic,” German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier told a German-Arab business forum in Berlin, according to Reuters. The new death toll is more than double the number who died from the original outbreak in Guinea earlier this year. The disease has spread from Guinea to at least 11 other African countries and has sickened more than 200 people. The new death toll is more than double the number who died from the original outbreak in Guinea earlier this year. The new death toll is likely to rise as more people arrive at hospitals with symptoms of the disease. “We have to join our forces in order to better fight the pandemic,” Altmaier said.