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WHO public health emergency: What to know

By Zou Shuo | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-01-31 14:04

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Didier Houssin, Chair of the Emergency Committee, speaks next to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a news conference after a meeting of the Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Geneva, Switzerland Jan 30, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the novel coronavirus epidemic as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, or PHEIC, after an emergency committee reconvened in Geneva, Switzerland, citing human-to-human infections have been confirmed in other countries.
Here are some key issues you may need to understand:

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