The World Health Organization on Thursday declared the ongoing outbreak of a new coronavirus originating in China a global emergency amid concern over a rising number of confirmed cases around the world and potentially major impacts on business and travel.After the third emergency committee meeting in Geneva on the virus outbreak, the WHO said that the situation constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, or PHEIC, in a move that will enable enhanced international cooperation to contain the spread of the pneumonia-causing illness."The committee agreed that the outbreak n…READ FULL ARTICLE
