Hong Kong (CNN)The death toll from [url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/asia/china-china-coronavirus-sars-intl-hnk/index.html]the Wuhan coronavirus[/url] has risen to 17, as dozens more cases were [url=https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/wuhan-coronavirus-china-intl-hnk/index.html]reported across China[/url] and as far afield as [url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/health/wuhan-coronavirus-first-us-case-cdc-bn/index.html]the western United States[/url] sparking fears of a possible pandemic. [size=1.2]Top officials at the World Health Organization will convene for an emergency meeting in Geneva Wednesday, to decide whether the quickly developing outbreak constitutes a "[url=https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/pheic/en/]public health emergency of international concern[/url]," and what recommendations should be made regarding it, including [url=https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/statement-emergency-committee-ebola-drc-july-2019.pdf]potential[/url] cross-border screening, greater surveillance and rolling out treatment programs. [size=1.2]Chinese health authorities said Wednesday that at least 547 cases had been confirmed in the mainland, with eight new deaths linked to the virus in Hubei, the central Chinese province of which Wuhan is the capital. Cases were also confirmed in the Chinese territory of Macao and the self-governing island of Taiwan. [size=1.2]Beyond China, officials in Washington state confirmed the first case on US soil Tuesday. Cases have also been reported in South Korea, Thailand and Japan, and suspected cases detected in Australia.
[size=1.2]Worldwide a total of 555 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak was detected in mid-December.
Hong Kong (CNN)The death toll from [url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/asia/china-china-coronavirus-sars-intl-hnk/index.html]the Wuhan coronavirus[/url] has risen to 17, as dozens more cases were [url=https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/wuhan-coronavirus-china-intl-hnk/index.html]reported across China[/url] and as far afield as [url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/health/wuhan-coronavirus-first-us-case-cdc-bn/index.html]the western United States[/url] sparking fears of a possible pandemic.
[size=1.2]Top officials at the World Health Organization will convene for an emergency meeting in Geneva Wednesday, to decide whether the quickly developing outbreak constitutes a "[url=https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/pheic/en/]public health emergency of international concern[/url]," and what recommendations should be made regarding it, including [url=https://www.who.int/ihr/procedures/statement-emergency-committee-ebola-drc-july-2019.pdf]potential[/url] cross-border screening, greater surveillance and rolling out treatment programs.
[size=1.2]Chinese health authorities said Wednesday that at least 547 cases had been confirmed in the mainland, with eight new deaths linked to the virus in Hubei, the central Chinese province of which Wuhan is the capital. Cases were also confirmed in the Chinese territory of Macao and the self-governing island of Taiwan.
[size=1.2]Beyond China, officials in Washington state confirmed the first case on US soil Tuesday. Cases have also been reported in South Korea, Thailand and Japan, and suspected cases detected in Australia.
[size=1.2]Worldwide a total of 555 cases have been confirmed since the outbreak was detected in mid-December.