{"id":242990,"date":"2020-01-23T21:02:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=242990"},"modified":"2020-01-23T21:02:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T02:02:39","slug":"who-extends-emergency-talks-over-coronavirus-outbreak-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/01\/23\/who-extends-emergency-talks-over-coronavirus-outbreak-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO extends emergency talks over coronavirus outbreak in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_242991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-242991\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/corvirus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-242991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/corvirus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/corvirus.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/corvirus-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-242991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: CORONAVIRUS TALKS. Photo taken on Jan. 22, 2020 shows a thermal detector at Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, capital of central China&#8217;s Hubei Province. The World Health Organization extended its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. (Xinhua\/Xiao Yijiu via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>GENEVA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night 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<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<p>&#8220;For that reason, I have decided to ask the Emergency Committee to meet again tomorrow to continue the discussion,&#8221; added Tedros.<\/p>\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<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<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<p>The intervention of the Chinese leadership, said the WHO chief, has been invaluable.\u00a0<strong><em>(Xinhua)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GENEVA\u00a0&#8212; The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night extended to Thursday its emergency talks on whether the novel coronavirus &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":242991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","mauthors-xinhua","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242992,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242990\/revisions\/242992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}