The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak in China a public health emergency of international concern Thursday as the first person-to-person transmission of the virus was reported in the U.S. The WHO designation, pointing to an increase in the number of cases, indicates that international public-health authorities now consider the respiratory virus a significant threat beyond China, where it originated last month.
China, other governments and multinational businesses have taken emergency steps to limit the virus's spread, including halting some travel to China.
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he was confident in China's capacity to control the outbreak, which has sickened more than 7,800 people and killed 170, mostly in the Hubei province in China surrounding Wuhan.
At least 15 other countries or territories have also reported a small number of coronavirus cases, with Finland, India and the Philippines now reporting cases in people who have traveled to Wuhan, according to WHO. In response to the virus, Russia has tightened its border with China and the U.S. announced plans for a second evacuation of Americans from Wuhan.
All 30 IKEA outlets in mainland China were closed until further notice, the Swedish furniture giant said Thursday.
China's national women's soccer team is being held in quarantine in a hotel in the Australian city of Brisbane until Feb. 5, health authorities for the northwestern state of Queensland said Thursday.
In Chongqing, a southwestern China city of more than 30 million people that borders Hubei, pharmacies are now required to report the names of people who buy medication for symptoms such as fever and cough, part of an effort to track people who might have coronavirus symptoms, state broadcaster China Central Television reported Thursday.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-triggers-damage-control-from-governments-companies-11580396657?mod=hp_lead_pos5
China, other governments and multinational businesses have taken emergency steps to limit the virus's spread, including halting some travel to China.
WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said he was confident in China's capacity to control the outbreak, which has sickened more than 7,800 people and killed 170, mostly in the Hubei province in China surrounding Wuhan.
At least 15 other countries or territories have also reported a small number of coronavirus cases, with Finland, India and the Philippines now reporting cases in people who have traveled to Wuhan, according to WHO. In response to the virus, Russia has tightened its border with China and the U.S. announced plans for a second evacuation of Americans from Wuhan.
All 30 IKEA outlets in mainland China were closed until further notice, the Swedish furniture giant said Thursday.
China's national women's soccer team is being held in quarantine in a hotel in the Australian city of Brisbane until Feb. 5, health authorities for the northwestern state of Queensland said Thursday.
In Chongqing, a southwestern China city of more than 30 million people that borders Hubei, pharmacies are now required to report the names of people who buy medication for symptoms such as fever and cough, part of an effort to track people who might have coronavirus symptoms, state broadcaster China Central Television reported Thursday.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-triggers-damage-control-from-governments-companies-11580396657?mod=hp_lead_pos5
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