WHO says global risk of China virus is 'high'

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NSTworld: “This is an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency.”

The UN health body said in a situation report published late Sunday that the risk was “very high in China, high at the regional level and high at the global level.”

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is visiting China this week to discuss further action to contain the virus, on Thursday said: “This is an emergency in China, but it has not yet become a global health emergency.”

 

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