World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that China’s coronavirus could pose a “very grave threat for the rest of the world”. He told more than researchers and national authorities at the start of a two-day meeting, “what matters most is stopping the outbreak and saving lives.”
Tedros also urged countries to share their data and emphasized “to defeat this outbreak, we need open and equitable sharing, according to the principles of fairness and equity.” However, at the same time, Taiwan, which has 18 confirmed cases, is also allowed to take part in as an observer.
