WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DECLARES CORONAVIRUS AS GLOBAL THREAT
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the outbreak of the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a global threat, while it is on record that as at the time of this confirmation more than 7700 cases have been confirmed, and 170 people have died in China.
Penpushing reports that Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the declaration on Thursday following the emergency committee meeting which was reconvened to determine the status of the disease.
The medical record also has it that coronavirus, which was first detected in Wuhan in December, has spread to all the cities in China and beyond, as well as 82 additional cases were confirmed in 18 countries.
Penpushing further reports that, the world health body added in a statement made available on its website shortly after the emergency meeting, said the members of the committee had all agreed that the disease has attained a status global threat.
The Director General after the second meeting of the Emergency Committee convened under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus, emphasized on the life threating disease.
