{"id":59541,"date":"2020-01-23T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59541"},"modified":"2020-01-23T15:09:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T07:09:11","slug":"who-extends-emergency-talks-over-coronavirus-outbreak-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=59541","title":{"rendered":"WHO extends emergency talks over coronavirus outbreak in China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/apicms.thestar.com.my\/uploads\/images\/2020\/01\/23\/521021.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>GENEVA, Jan 23 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; The World Health Organization (WHO) extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There was an excellent discussion during the meeting today, but it was also clear that to proceed, we need more information,&#8221; said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press conference after a closed-door meeting of an Emergency Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For that reason, I have decided to ask the Emergency Committee to meet again tomorrow (Thursday) to continue the discussion,&#8221; added Tedros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The decision about whether or not to declare a public health emergency of international concern is one I take extremely seriously, and one I am only prepared to make with appropriate consideration of all the evidence,&#8221; the WHO chief noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tedros said he was very impressed by the detail and depth of China&#8217;s presentation of the situation of the novel coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also appreciated the cooperation of Ma Xiaowei, head of China&#8217;s National Health Commission, who he had spoken with directly during the last few days and weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intervention of the Chinese leadership, said the WHO chief, has been invaluable. &#8212; NNN-XINHUA<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA, Jan 23 (NNN-Xinhua) &#8212; The World Health Organization (WHO) extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). &#8220;There was an excellent discussion during the meeting today, but it was also clear that to proceed, we need more information,&#8221; said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59541"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}