Coronavirus: Greece shuts schools as WHO warns about local transmission

Cases detected in Greece among people returning from Middle East, as Iran limits travel within country Coronavirus: latest updates Greece has become the latest country to try to halt the spread of the coronavirus by closing schools and universities and cancelling large public gatherings, as the World Health Organization (WHO) insisted the virus could still be "pushed back" if governments around the world took the necessary action. On Thursday, Greece followed Iran and Italy's lead by shuttering ...