The disease has killed more than 425 people and infected a further 20,000 in China.
File: Passengers wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they arrive on a flight at Los Angeles International Airport.GENEVA, Switzerland - The World Health Organization said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a"pandemic".
The disease has killed more than 425 people and infected a further 20,000 in China, nearly all of them in central Hubei province - the epicentre of the outbreak - and spread to two-dozen countries since it emerged in December.
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