WHO warns of global shortage of coronavirus protective equipment eNCA
"However the world is facing a chronic shortage of personnel protective equipment, as you might imagine.
As of 6 a.m. Geneva time there were 31,211 confirmed coronavirus cases in China and 637 deaths, as well as 270 cases in 24 other countries with 1 death, Tedros said. During its technical briefing for member states, there was discussion about naming the virus - which emerged in a seafood market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December.WHO has already assigned an interim name of 2019-nCOV acute respiratory disease.
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