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Coronavirus to be declared public health emergency by World Health Organisation

WHO to declare public health emergency over coronavirus
Nine people have died from the virus (Picture: EPA/ AP)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expected to declare a public health emergency of international concern after a ninth person died from Wuhan coronavirus.

So-far Thailand, Japan, South Korea and the US have all reported cases of the virus, while more than 440 people are believed to be infected in China, where the outbreak started.

Increased precautions are being taken this week as millions travel ahead of Chinese New Year this weekend.

This would be the fifth emergency declaration by the WHO, with the first warning related to a swine flu outbreak in 2014 which killed more than 200,000 people.

High numbers of polio cases in Pakistan and Afghanistan caused an emergency in May 2014, while later that year another declaration was issued over the Ebola outbreak.

epa08149793 A man wears a mask in Beijing, China, 22 January 2020. China confirmed 440 cases of Wuhan pneumonia with nine deaths, according to the National Health Commission on a press conference. The respiratory virus was first detected in Wuhan, China, and can be passed between humans. So far it has spread to the USA, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. EPA/WU HONG
A public health emergency could soon be announced (Picture: EPA)
Staff move bio-waste containers past the entrance of the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where some infected with a new virus are being treated, in Wuhan, China, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The number of cases of a new coronavirus from Wuhan has risen over 400 in China Chinese health authorities said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
More than 440 people have been infected (Picture: AP)
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff carry a box as they walk at the Jinyintan hospital, where the patients with pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus are being treated, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
Medical staff carry a box as they walk at the Jinyintan hospital, in Wuhan (Picture: Reuters)

The last incident declared an emergency was the Zika virus in 2016.

The Wuhan coronavirus has been named after the city in China where the first case was reported, in the province of Hubei.

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Chinese health authorities are now urging people from the area to avoid crowds and public gatherings to prevent the virus from spreading further.

All the patients who have died from the disease had been from Hubei.

Deputy director of the National Health Commission Li Bin confirmed this week that the virus had been transmitted from ‘human to human’, with medical workers among the infected.

epa08147636 People wearing face masks at a metro station in Taipei, Taiwan, 21 January 2020. On 21 January, Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that a 55-year-old Taiwan woman working in Wuhan, China, has been infected with 2019-nCoV. The woman returned from Wuhan on 20 Janaury after running a fever for nine days and was immedaitely sent into isolation ward in a hospital. She is diagnosed as having severe pneumonia but in statble condition. The woman said she has not been to the Wuhan seafood market where most of China's coronavirus cases were reported. Since 08 December 2019, China has reported 291 cases of 2019-nCoV vases and six patients have died. Outside China, Thailand has reported two cases and Japan, South Korea and Taiwan has reported one case each. EPA/DAVID CHANG
Many people are travelling this week ahead of Chinese New Year (Picture: EPA)
epa08149564 A woman and a child wearing face masks who arrived from Guangzhou, China look on at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, 22 January 2020. According to media reports, at least nine people have died and more than 400 people are confirmed infected by a new respiratory virus which was first detected in Wuhan, China. The virus, called the coronavirus, can be passed between humans and has spread to the USA, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan. EPA/MARK R. CRISTINO
Travel into North Korea has now been temporarily suspended (Picture: EPA)
A staff member checks the temperature of a guest entering the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau on January 22, 2020, after the former Portuguese colony reported its first case of the new SARS-like virus that originated from Wuhan in China. - Macau on January 22 reported its first confirmed case of the new SARS-like coronavirus as authorities announced all staff in the city's bustling casinos had been ordered to wear face masks. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)
A staff member checking the temperature of a hotel guest in Macau (Picture: Getty Images)
A health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Indonesia is screening travelers from overseas for a new type of coronavirus as fears spread about a mysterious infectious disease after its first death reported in China. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Body scans taking place at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia (Picture: AP)

She said at a press conference: ‘Evidence has shown that the disease has been transmitted through the respiratory tract and there is the possibility of viral mutation.’

North Korea is one of the few countries who have suspended travel into the country, but have reported no cases of the virus.

A staff member checks the temperature of a guest entering the New Orient Landmark hotel in Macau on January 22, 2020, after the former Portuguese colony reported its first case of the new SARS-like virus that originated from Wuhan in China. - Macau on January 22 reported its first confirmed case of the new SARS-like coronavirus as authorities announced all staff in the city's bustling casinos had been ordered to wear face masks. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)Is it safe to travel to China after the coronavirus outbreak?

The nation previously closed its borders in 2003 during the SARS scare.

Other countries, including Indonesia and Japan, have stepped up screening measures for travellers from China, especially those arriving from Wuhan.

However, residents in the city say they are not overly concerned about the risk, despite face masks selling out in pharmacies across the area.

Yang Bin, 56, said of the threat: ‘As an adult, I am not too worried about the disease. I think we are more worried about our kids. It would be unacceptable to the parents if they got sick.’

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