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Originally Posted by Kizzy
30 January 2020
The WHO Director-General reconvened the Emergency Committee (EC). This was earlier than the 10-day period and only two days after the first reports of limited human-to-human transmission were reported outside China. This time, the EC reached consensus and advised the Director-General that the outbreak constituted a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The Director-General accepted the recommendation and declared the novel coronavirus outbreak (2019-nCoV) a PHEIC.*This is the 6th time WHO has declared a PHEIC since the International Health Regulations (IHR) came into force in 2005.
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You cant call something with less then 10 deaths a global pandemic at that point, countries had to seek advice on the situation and do what they thought was best and the earliest advice was only the old wherein danger so that's why they were protected at first
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