WHO declares global emergency
WHO declare public health emergency
The WHO have declared a public health emergency because of the spread of the virus outside of China, describing it as an “unprecedented outbreak”.
The total number of cases outside of China has reached 98 across 18 countries, Tedros Adhanom, the director general of WHO, told a press conference.
Eight cases outside China have spread via human to human contact, in Germany, Japan, Vietnam and the US.
However, there were no deaths outside of China.
The organisation congratulated China, saying the declaration was not a vote of no confidence in the country, on the contrary, “the WHO continues to have confidence in China’s capacity to control the outbreak”. 6park.com
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