Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 30, 2020

CNBC: WHO declares China coronavirus that’s killed 171 a global health emergency

* The World Health Organization said the fast-spreading coronavirus that’s infected more than 8,200 people across the world is a global health emergency.
* The rare designation will help the international agency mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreak.

The World Health Organization said the fast-spreading coronavirus that’s infected more than 8,200 people across the world is a global health emergency — a rare designation that helps the international agency mobilize financial and political support to contain the outbreak.

The announcement comes just hours after the U.S. confirmed its first human-to-human transmission of the virus, which has killed at least 171 people in China and has now spread to at least 18 other countries.

Since emerging less than a month ago in Wuhan, China, the coronavirus has infected more people than the 2003 SARS epidemic, which sickened roughly 8,100 people across the globe over nine months. As of Thursday, there are at least eight cases in four countries, outside of China, of human-to-human transmission of the new coronavirus.

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Wuhan Coronavirus Live Updates -- January 30, 2020

Coronavirus Live Updates: W.H.O. Declares a Global Health Emergency -- The New York Times
Live updates: World Health Organization declares coronavirus outbreak a ‘public health emergency’ -- The Washington Post
Coronavirus: US reports first human-to-human transmission – live news -- The Guardian
Coronavirus death toll hits 170 — live updates -- DW
China battles coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates -- Al Jazeera
First Case Of Human-To-Human Coronavirus Infection Confirmed In US: Live Updates -- Zero Hedge

Wuhan Coronavirus News Updates -- January 30, 2020

Coronavirus: Death toll rises as virus spreads to every Chinese region -- BBC
Coronavirus: Death toll climbs to 170 amid evacuations -- UPI
Coronavirus death toll rises to 170 as nations accelerate China evacuations -- France 24
China virus toll hits 170 as countries step up evacuation plans -- Al Jazeera
Russia closes its eastern border as killer coronavirus spreads to EVERY region of China: Death toll jumps to 170 and almost 8,300 people have caught the deadly SARS-like infection worldwide -- Daily Mail
France confirms sixth case of infection with coronavirus -- Reuters
Russia Closes Parts of Border with China to Combat Spread of Virus -- VOA
Three Japanese evacuees from Wuhan test positive for virus, two had no symptoms -- CNBC/Reuters
Philippines confirms first case of novel coronavirus -- CNN
India confirms its first coronavirus case -- CNBC
Hong Kong braces for spread of coronavirus -- Al Jazeera
Hong Kong to boost face mask stocks with prison labour -- AFP
China coronavirus reaches province near North Korea -- UPI