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WHO to Mull Emergency Declaration as Deaths Rise: Virus Update
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The World Health Organization called a meeting of its Emergency Committee Thursday to consider issuing a global alarm as China announced more deaths from the spreading coronavirus.
Governments tightened international travel and border crossings with China as they ramped up efforts to stop the spread of the disease. Airlines across the world suspended more flights to the country, as the U.S., the U.K., Japan and other countries moved to evacuate citizens from the outbreak’s epicenter, Wuhan.