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The coronavirus outbreak shows WHO is afraid of China

6 February 2020

11:30 PM

6 February 2020

11:30 PM

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sometimes been too slow to properly react to major outbreaks of illnesses or diseases. It delayed declaring the ebola outbreaks in West Africa (in 2014) and in Democratic Republic of Congo (last year) to be public health emergencies. Its reaction to coronavirus, however, has been swift.

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