Coronavirus: WHO steps back from declaring public health emergency

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International body to meet again on Thursday to discuss ‘evolving and complex situation’ as China reports 17 deaths

The World Health Organization has stepped back from declaring the growing viral pneumonia outbreak in China to be a public health emergency of international concern, saying its expert committee would meet again on Thursday to discuss more evidence from its teams on the ground.

 

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JudithSeidman Hiding the number, again, like '03

I hope they are making these decisions with peoples health at heart not economic concerns

What made SARS worse, was what healthy people did with their 'used' face masks. KEEP FINGERS OUT OF EYES & MOUTH

Oh for gods sake, it’s like everyone at WHO has never seen an apocalypse movie. Call it an international emergency now, and prevent literal global catastrophe later. Better put the world on edge rather than sit back and let it crumble and not do anything

Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Coronavirus has arrived in the United States, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plans to screen all travelers arriving from China and distribute a faster test to speed diagnoses to try to control its spread. 😷

Seven people. That is all it took.

I started this... I sneezed at a bottle of beer... Sorry....

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