The new coronavirus in China that has sickened hundreds of people is not yet a global health emergency, according to the World Health Organization.
A viral illness in China that has sickened hundreds of people and prompted Chinese authorities to effectively shut down three cities is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday.after Chinese authorities moved to lock down the three cities and canceled major public celebrations and gatherings in Beijing during the Lunar New Year holiday period to try to contain the evolving outbreak.
The steps taken by China to shut down cities with more than 18 million people are unprecedented in public health. Tedros said that while WHO’s role is to provide science-based recommendations, “at the end of the day, a sovereign country has the autonomy to do what it thinks is right.”The decision not to declare a global emergency “should not be taken as a sign that WHO does not think the situation is serious or that we’re not taking it seriously.
Wuhan is an important flight hub and it is thought that travelers from the airport could have carried the new strain of coronavirus before the airport’s closing Thursday. The U.N. health agency made the decision after independent experts spent two days assessing information about the spread of the newly identified“It’s too early to consider this as a public health emergency of international concern,” Didier Houssin, the chair of theWHO defines a global emergency as an “extraordinary event” that constitutes a risk to other countries and requires a coordinated international response.
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