WHO lauds Chinese response to coronavirus, says world 'at important juncture'

The World Health Organization (WHO) praised China on Wednesday for its efforts t...

FILE PHOTO: Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation attends a news conference on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

“We are at an important juncture in this event. We believe these chains of transmission can still be interrupted,” said Mike Ryan, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme who accompanied the body’s chief on a trip to China this week. The Geneva-based body will reconvene its Emergency Committee on Thursday, the third time in a week, to evaluate whether the coronavirus outbreak now constitutes an international emergency.

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