As the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise, the head of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme says that 'the whole world needs to be on alert now.'
World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program head Michael Ryan Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images
"The whole world needs to take action and be ready for any cases that come, either from the original epicenter or from other epicenters that become established," Ryan told reporters Wednesday. WHO leadership called the committee back together due to the"potential for a much larger outbreak," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Last week, the organization said the virus was an emergency in China, but does not yet constitute an international public health emergency.
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