Coronavirus Cases Rise to More Than 800 Worldwide | as China Confirms | Death Toll has Risen to 25 The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is "too early" to declare the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also reiterated that the fact he is not declaring a PHEIC should not be taken as a sign that WHO does not think the situation is serious, or that they are not taking it seriously. PHEIC is defined as an extraordinary event that is determined to constitute a public health risk to other states through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response. In other developments, a desperate hunt was under way last night for 2,000 recent arrivals in the UK from China after at least nine people were tested for killer coronavirus. They all arrived in Britain within the past two weeks from Wuhan, the centre of the deadly outbreak.
China's president has warned the spread of the deadly coronavirus is accelerating, as he convened a special meeting of Communist leaders.
A new coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China, that has claimed 17 lives may have been transmitted to people from snakes, according to a genetic analysis. The snakes may have caught the virus from bats in the food market in which both animals were sold. As of 22 January, there are 555 confirmed cases of the infection, which can cause fever, difficulty breathing and pneumonia. To contain the virus, Wuhan has effectively been placed under quarantine, with public transport being temporarily closed, according to reports. While 444 of the cases have been reported in Wuhan, others have also been confirmed in the surrounding regions of China, with 26 in Guangdong province, 14 in Beijing and 9 in Shanghai. Internationally, confirmed cases have been reported in Thailand, Japan, South Korea and the US. Hundreds more are suspected, and attempts to diagnose these cases are under way.
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