As China vowed to tighten containment measures in hospitals, the World Health Organization said it wasn't yet ready to declare a global public health emergency.
. It said it needed more information and would resume considering the question Thursday.
The Chinese government has been providing daily updates on the number of cases to head off panic as millions of people prepare to travel domestically and abroad for Lunar New Year celebrations starting this week. A health official scans a passenger's temperature as she arrives at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020.Fears of a pandemic similar to the SARS outbreak that started in China and killed nearly 800 people in 2002-03 have roiled global markets, with aviation and luxury goods stocks hit particularly hard and the Chinese yuan tumbling. SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, is also a coronavirus.
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