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Vineri, 31 Ianuarie 2020 13:13

          

                                    The declaration from the World Health Organization is an acknowledgement of the risk posed by coronavirus to global public health

    Following more than a week of meetings the World Health Organization’s Director General, upon advice from its Emergency Committee, has declared the ongoing coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). This is the sixth time a PHEIC has been declared since the designation was developed 15 years ago.  

    “I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern over the global outbreak of 2019nCoV, not because of what is happening in China, but because of what is happening in other countries,” announced Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General.

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The announcement comes after more than a week of reportedly divergent opinions in the Emergency Committee convened to evaluate the PHEIC declaration. Following two meetings last week the committee declined to announce a global emergency, suggesting the outbreak at that point was still primarily confined to China.

Seven days later and the decision is now unanimous, although Director General Tedros has made clear this announcement is not directed at criticizing China’s response to the viral outbreak.

“Let me be clear: this declaration is not a vote of no confidence in China,” Tedros reiterated at the press conference announcing the PHEIC. “On the contrary, WHO continues to have confidence in China’s capacity to control the outbreak. As you know, I was in China just a few days ago, where I met with President Xi Jinping. I left in absolutely no doubt about China’s commitment to transparency, and to protecting the world’s people.”

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