Wuhan Coronavirus: Emergency Declaration Is Considered as Toll Rises

January 30, 2020 11:29 pm

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Thai Airways crew prepare themselves before disinfecting the cabin of an aircraft of the national carrier during a procedure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, January 28, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo)

Medical workers check a makeshift examining room for possible patients infected by a new coronavirus at a hospital in Suwon, South Korea, January 29, 2020 (Photo : Yonhap via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS)

Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks during a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus at the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, January 29, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)

Passengers wear masks at Hong Kong West Kowloon High Speed Train Station Terminus, before temporary closing, following the coronavirus outbreak in Hong Kong, China, January 29, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Tyrone Siu)

Personnel in protective clothing approach an aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan, after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

An aircraft, chartered by the U.S. State Department to evacuate government employees and other Americans from the novel coronavirus threat in the Chinese city of Wuhan, passes a military transport plane after it arrived at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California, U.S., January 29, 2020. (Photo : REUTERS/Mike Blake)

The World Health Organization will decide today whether to declare the epidemic an international public health emergency. Chinese officials say 170 people have died.

Wuhan Coronavirus: Emergency Declaration Is Considered as Toll Rises

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