'Too early' to declare new coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency, WHO says
Tedros said he hopes the travel restrictions will be"both effective and short in duration."
"For the time being, this name is OK. We can work with it, and it's understood by everyone on the planet," Dr. Sylvie Briand, director of the WHO's pandemic and epidemic diseases department, said during the press briefing, adding the committee members hadn't had time to discuss the name. The WHO's official declaration of a"public health emergency of international concern" is reserved for unusual and serious public health events that have the potential to spread disease worldwide.
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