GENEVA (Bernama): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday (Jan 22) night extended to Thursday (Jan 23) its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), reports Xinhua news agency.
"There was an excellent discussion during the meeting today, but it was also clear that to proceed, we need more information," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference Wednesday after a closed-door meeting of an Emergency Committee.