Michael Ryan, the Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Emergency Programme, told the Irish Newstalk Radio on Wednesday that the trends of coronavirus epidemic in the Balkans and South Europe were worrying, FoNet news agency reported.

He added that the North and South America were the biggest hotspots and that the pandemic was speeding up in Africa as well, the state RTS carried the report by the Reuters news agency.

“While the countries in Western Europe put the disease under control, the situation in Southern Europe and the Balkans causes concerns,” Ryan said.