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WHO declines to declare China virus outbreak a global health emergency

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The designation of the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, would have granted the WHO additional powers.

T he World Health Organization on Thursday declined to designate the ongoing outbreak of a novel virus in China a global health emergency, saying that, for now, health officials are sufficiently equipped to combat the outbreak there and in other countries and that the agency does not need the additional authorities that come from such a declaration. Announcing a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, grants the WHO director-general certain powers, including the ability to issue recommendations for how countries should respond. Declaring a PHEIC could also galvanize global

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