WHO urges global unity in fight against coronavirus outbreak

With 18 deaths in China, several countries introduce screening for arriving passengersThe World Health Organization has called on the global community to work together to fight the new coronavirus that is causing an epidemic of viral pneumonia and deaths in China, but stopped short of declaring it a public health emergency of international concern.After the second day of meetings of the emergency committee, WHO ’s director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Thursday that nobody should assume there was no risk that it would become a dangerous global epidemic.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 23, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Boseley Health editor Tags: Coronavirus outbreak China Scotland Asia Pacific Science UK news World news Infectious diseases Edinburgh Glasgow Health Society Hong Kong Source Type: news