The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Coronavirus outbreak a ‘global health emergency’ on Thursday 30th January 2020. The announcement comes as the outbreak has grown to include more than 7,800 cases of people infected with the Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), with 98 of those cases in 18 nations or territories outside of China. So far the virus has killed 170 people, all in China.
The decision came after a near-unanimous vote by an emergency committee at WHO to recommend the declaration. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the following: I'm declaring a public health emergency of international concern over the novel coronavirus. There are only 98 cases outside China. That number would be higher if not for their actions already.
Tedros noted that the declaration is an international call to assist smaller countries with less robust public health systems to help thwart the outbreak's spread.
China has already implemented a travel ban on 50 Million people in the epicenter of the outbreak. WHO praised the efforts of China in combating the spread of Coronavirus. As part of their announcement today, WHO also said the following: It is expected that further international exportation of cases may appear in any country. Thus, all countries should be prepared for containment, including active surveillance, early detection, isolation and case management, contact tracing and prevention of onward spread of 2019-nCoV infection, and to share full data with WHO.
See a recent breakdown below of countries that have reported confirmed cases of Coronavirus so far and stay tuned for updates.
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