WHO to decide on Thursday if coronavirus constitutes international emergency


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 Jan 2020

GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation said that it will decide on Thursday whether to declare a global emergency over the outbreak of a new flu-like virus spreading from China.

If it does so it will be only the sixth international emergency to be declared in the last decade.

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