Coronavirus: New cases “could be spark for bigger fire” — WHO
L-R: Dr Micheal J. Ryan, Executive Director; Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director General; Head of WHO’s Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, Sylvie Briand.Health officials have raised concerns over the increasing spread of the novel coronavirus disease as new cases are confirmed in persons without any travel history to China.
Mr Ghebreyesus said recently, there are some concerning instances of onward 2019nCoV transmission from people with no travel history to China, like the cases reported in France and in England. “An advance team of WHO experts has just arrived in China, led by Bruce Aylward, to lay the groundwork for the larger international team.
World Health Organisation Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus and Head of WHO’s Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, Sylvie Briand, at the coronavirus press conference in Geneva. [PHOTO CREDIT: World Health Organisation]
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