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Coronavirus emergency 'holds a very grave threat' for world, says WHO
China's coronavirus outbreak poses a "very grave threat for the rest of the world," the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday in an appeal for sharing virus samples and speeding up research into drugs and vaccines.
BBC: "Super-spreaders" scatter corona virus worldwide; WHO: A serious threat
The coronavirus outbreak poses a "very grave threat for the rest of the world", the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said in an appeal for sharing virus samples and speeding up research into drugs and vaccines against a new type of coronavirus, which has killed more than 1,000 people so far.
WHO: The Coronavirus Can also be Spread by People who haven't been to China
There is a risk for the coronavirus to be spread outside China by people who have never traveled to this country.
The agency cites a statement made yesterday by the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Gebraeus.
WHO declares China virus outbreak an international emergency
The World Health Organization declared on Thursday that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, announced the decision after a meeting of its Emergency Committee, an independent panel of experts, amid mounting evidence of the virus spreading to some 18 countries.
What does the World Health Organization's decision to declare global emergency mean?
The WHO has declared a state of emergency at the international level after the number of cases of coronavirus infection has increased more than ten times in a week, AP reports.