Coronavirus not yet a global health emergency: World Health Organisation

Coronavirus, which has alrey infected hundreds of people and reportedly killed 18 people, still does t yet constitute a global emergency, World Health Organisation reportedly said on January 24. While speaking to an international media outlet, WHO Chief Tedros ham Ghebreyesus said organisation is still t declaring a public health emergency of international concern as it is an emergency in China, but it has t yet become a global health emergency. 

After a two-day emergency meeting in Geneva, WHO has furr urged China to keep its lockdown of approximately 20 million people 'short'. Ghebreyesus, while speaking to international media reporters, furr stressed that decision by WHO should t be taken as a sign that organisation does t think situation is serious and ded that re is evidence of human-to-human transmission outside China. He also hailed China for taking immediate measures that it believed were appropriate to contain spre of coronavirus in Wuhan and or cities. 

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new respiratory virus has claimed several lives since emerging from a seafood and animal market in Wuhan. It has also infected hundreds of or people nationwide and has been reportedly detected as far away as United States of America. In an earlier reported, WHO h confirmed that SARS-like virus could be passed between people and Chinese officials furr warned that virus could mutate and spre furr.  

recent outbreak has furr also caused a halt to many flights causing a great loss to airline companies. It is expected to soon take a toll on financial resource of airline's companies. According to international media reports, ar Chinese city, Huanggang which is a prefecture-level city in easternmost Hubei Province and neighbour of Wuhan will also follow le to suspending public transport in an out of city due to outbreak. 

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Snakes believed to be origin

It is w also believed that virus originated from Chinese Krait and Chinese cobra. scientists reportedly said that that original source of dely infectious respiratory illness is a snake, more specifically, Taiwanese Krait or Chinese Kriat which is a highly vemous species of elapid snake found in much of central and sourn China and Souast Asia. According to international media reports, virus has spre to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, South Korea, Beijing, Shanghai, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Singapore. mayor of city of Wuhan has also urged citizens t to travel outside China during Chinese Lunar New Year holiday and authorities have furr issued a travel visory warning in backlash of coronavirus. 

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