World Health Organization holds emergency meeting on strange pneumonia virus, warns of risk of spreading
On January 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the novel coronavirus has the potential to spread to areas of China and other countries.
WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said that although the epidemic is currently concentrated in Wuhan city, Hubei province, central China, in recent days, many cases of infection have been detected in the capital Beijing and some other areas.
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| Some countries have detected patients carrying the strange Corona pneumonia virus. Illustrative photo |
Also on January 21, speaking at a regular press conference, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that China will attend an emergency meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss in depth the situation of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic - expected to take place this week.
“At the invitation of the WHO, China will join other countries in an emergency meeting to discuss the epidemic situation. China is willing to strengthen global cooperation to jointly fight the epidemic to protect the health and safety of the region and the world. In response to the outbreak in Wuhan, China has been taking strong and comprehensive measures to resolutely curb the spread,” said Mr. Geng Shuang.
According to Mr. Canh Sang, the Wuhan city government has implemented a series of measures to tighten control and monitor tourists leaving the city./.
