GENEVA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua/APP):The World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday that its emergency committee will convene on whether the latest novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The committee will be convened by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday, and will ascertain what recommendations should be put in place to manage the situation. At a press meeting in Geneva on Tuesday, WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic said that worldwide, there had been a total of 278 officially reported and confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), including 274 cases in China, two in Thailand, one in Japan and one in South Korea. Six deaths have been reported. He added that more cases should be expected in China and possibly other countries in the coming days. Tarik said that for now, a WHO team is concluding a mission with health officials in Wuhan, the capital of central China’s Hubei Province, where 2019-nCoV originated, to work on a response to the virus. While in Wuhan, the team has been meeting with health experts and officials conducting an investigation into the outbreak. The mission is part of ongoing information-sharing between the Chinese government and the WHO. The … Continue reading WHO to convene emergency committee on novel coronavirus