BREAKING: World Health Organization Declares ‘Global Public Health Emergency’ Over Coronavirus

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday declared a global public health emergency over the spread of the coronavirus, which has killed at least 171 people and infected more than 8,200 people around the world.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday there has now been the first confirmed case of person-to-person transmission of the coronavirus in the United States.

During the presser held Thursday, the World Health Organization issued high praise for China’s commitment to working to eradicate the coronavirus.

The coronavirus, as of Thursday afternoon, had infected over 8,137 people with the majority or 99% of the cases stemming from China.

Now over 100 cases of the virus have now been confirmed in other nations around the world, which brings the confirmed cases of the illness to a total of 8,248 people infected worldwide.

The World Health Organization previously last week had decided not to declare the global public health emergency in response to the virus.

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