The statement published by WHO Newsroom regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus confirm the declaration of PHEIC on 30 January 2020.
The statement published by WHO Newsroom regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus confirm the declaration of PHEIC on 30 January 2020.The Director-General of World Health Organization had conveyed a second meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations regarding the outbreak of novel coronavirus 2019 and the committee had agreed that the outbreak met the criteria for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). On 30 January 2020, based on the advice of the committee, the Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had declared the global outbreak of novel coronavirus as PHEIC.
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