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WHO holds third coronavirus emergency meeting
By EUobserver
The World Health Organization (WHO) will gather its expert committee later on Thursday - the third time in a week - to discuss whether to declare a global health emergency over the coronavirus. "We are at an important juncture in this event. We believe these chains of transmission can still be interrupted," said the WHO's emergencies chief, Michael Ryan. The disease has killed 170 people and infected over 7,000.