WHO says 'bit too early' to declare coronavirus a global emergency

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A video shared by a resident of Wuhan shows people stocking up on supplies as China ordered a lockdown on the city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak. Details here:

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GENEVA/BEIJING - The World Health Organization said on Thursday it was “a bit too early” to declare a new coronavirus a global health emergency as China put millions of people on lockdown amid an outbreak that has killed 18 people and infected more than 630.

“Make no mistake, though, this is an emergency in China. But it has not yet become a global health emergency. It may yet become one.”“We hope they will be both effective and short in their duration... For the moment, the WHO does not recommend any broader restrictions on travel or trade.” Giving details on infections in China, Chinese state television said 634 cases had been confirmed. By the end of Wednesday, China’s National Health Commission confirmed 17 dead in the central province of Hubei.

Most transport in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, was suspended on Thursday and people were told not to leave. Hours later, neighboring Huanggang, a city of about 7 million people, announced a similar lockdown. Chinese paramilitary officers wearing masks stand guard at an entrance of the closed Hankou Railway Station after the city was locked down following the outbreak of a new coronavirus in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 23, 2020. China Daily via REUTERS

As well as restricting movement, Wuhan plans to build a new hospital in six days to treat patients, Beijing News reported, citing a construction company source.Nearby Ezhou shut train stations. Beijing canceled large gatherings, including two Lunar New Year temple fairs, and closed the Forbidden City, the capital’s most famous tourist attraction, to visitors until further notice.

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So are they waiting for a big bomb for it to be an emergency? lol 😒

Ban travelling to China! They need to be more responsible for all this shit always starting in China

ObiterDictum101 And herein lies the problem. Epidemiological tools are only as effective as the ppl utilizing them. The importance, financially, of the Spring Festival seems to have influenced perspectives rather than prevention.

A quarter of those infected develop severe disease, and transmission is human to human. This is a dangerous virus. One in four who become infected develop severe disease WuhanPneumonia CoronavirusOutbreak

Corrupted WHO.

It can never be too early.

People are dropping dead in streets? Isn’t that enough reason to sound the alarm!

Ok, so technically speaking, how many people have to die and/or flee the infected city before we call this a 'global health emergency?' Because a whole lot of people already got on buses, trains, and planes and ran like hell.

Biraz daha yayılsın virüs 🦠 biraz daha insan ölsün bunumu beliyorlar durum çok kötü saglık örgütü uyuyor.!!!!!!!!!!

It seems to me that this is not the case, in China, so clearly do not think, judging by what is happening there.

Then you fly on a plane and cost all the country’s effected. If we over react, who does it hurt?

Wanna bet China pulled some muscle since they hate any kind of bad press

So far so good.

Urgent!All flights were cancelled at Wuhan except those flights to Urumqi (capital city of East Turkistan). Departed.Request International journalists to find out why those flights were not cancelled and they arrived Urumqi this morning(local time).

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End of world.

By this time next week China will deny that a city by the name of Wuhan ever existed.

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