Q&A: What is coronavirus and what is an international public health emergency?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is due to reconvene later to decide whether the recent coronavirus outbreak in China is an international public health emergency.

Q&A: What is coronavirus and what is an international public health emergency?
Thu, 23 Jan, 2020 - 18:02
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) is due to reconvene later to decide whether the recent coronavirus outbreak in China is an international public health emergency.

But what does this mean, and are we any closer to knowing the source of the outbreak?

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