WHO postpones decision declaring China coronavirus a global health emergency
His committee, who held an emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday, will meet again on Thursday.An ambulance worker in protective clothing boards an ambulance outside the Infectious Disease Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020.The World Health Organization postponed making a decision Wednesday on whether the mysterious coronavirus thatand sickened hundreds of others in China is a global health emergency.
"Today, there was an excellent discussion during the committee meeting, but it was also clear that to proceed we need more information," Tedros told roughly 150 reporters on a conference call that was delayed for almost two hours while the committee met. He said WHO has researchers on the ground in China collecting data.
The U.S. confirmed its first case on Tuesday, a Washington state man who was traveling in China, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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