GENEVA (Bernama): The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday (Jan 23) that it was "too early" to declare the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), reported Xinhua news agency.
"I am not declaring a public health emergency of international concern today. As it was yesterday, the Emergency Committee was divided over whether the outbreak of novel coronavirus represents a PHEIC or not," said WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference after the second day of a closed-door meeting of the Emergency Committee.
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