More than a month after its appearance on a market in Wuhan (center), the virus, of the SARS family (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), is now affecting three other countries in Asia: Japan, South Korea and Thailand.
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TheThe World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Monday an emergency meeting on Wednesday devoted to the emergence of the new virus, close to SARS, which is spreading in China and has affected three other Asian countries.
An ad hoc committee is to meet in Geneva to determine whether to declare a “public health emergency of international concern”, a qualification which is used only for the most serious epidemics, WHO announced.
The latest report shows 218 cases in China, including three fatal.
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