Confirmed Cases Of China Virus Could Be ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’ – WHO

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a press conference following a WHO Emergency committee to discuss whether the Coronavirus, the SARS-like virus, outbreak that began in China constitutes an international health emergency, on January 30, 2020 in Geneva.

“There’ve been some concerning instances of onward #2019nCoV spread from people with no travel history to ,” Tedros tweeted Sunday, using the virus’s provisional scientific name. Outside mainland China, there have been more than 350 infections reported in nearly 30 places. There have been two deaths, one in the Philippines and the other in Hong Kong.

The WHO-led mission to China is being headed up by Bruce Aylward, a veteran of previous health emergencies, Tedros said. Aylward oversaw the WHO’s 2014-2016 response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

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