New virus outbreak from China not yet global concern: WHO

The World Health Organization said Thursday that the outbreak of a new coronavirus believed to have originated in China calls for urgent countermeasures but is not yet a global emergency.After a two-day emergency meeting in Geneva, WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus told a press conference, "It has not yet become a global health emergency."Didier Houssin, who chaired the emergency advisory committee, also said it is "too early" to declare the current outbreak a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC.On declining to apply the label under current circumstances, Houssi…READ FULL ARTICLE