The world is on high alert amid rising concerns of a potential pandemic. The first co vid 19 case in Latin America has been confirmed in Brazil a 60-year-old man who recently visited Italy at a Wednesday. Italy has 374 cases the third highest behind China and South Korea and 12 deaths in total. The virus is spreading across Europe with cases in Austria, Croatia and Greece involving people with a recent travel history to Italy. In the Middle East, Iran has hit the hardest with 139 cases and 19 deaths. Meanwhile, in China, the total number of cases has reached 78 thousand sixty-four, while the death toll surpassed 2715