WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak A Global Health Emergency
"The main reason for the declaration is not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries," said World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the outbreak of a deadly and fast-spreading strain of coronavirus constitutes a global health emergency.
"Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed the emergence of a previously unknown pathogen, which has escalated into an unprecedented outbreak, and which has been met by an unprecedented response," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.
However, Tedros was adamant that "the main reason for the declaration is not because of what is happening in China but because of what
