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Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Security and the Environment at the World Health Organization, held a press conference today where he announced the formation of an emergency committee to prepare for a possible escalation of the MERS-CoV threat.
This would seem to be part of a prudent and measured response rather than a reaction to any new or specific event.
An audio of the announcement and press conference should be available later today (UPDATED: Audio Link), but for now we have a brief announcement on the WHO web site, and a short report from Reuters.
WHO sets up emergency committee on MERS virus
GENEVA | Fri Jul 5, 2013 4:30pm IST (Reuters) -
(EXCERPT)
Fukuda said there was currently no emergency or pandemic but the experts would advise on how to tackle the disease if the number of cases suddenly grows.
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
If more details emerge later today, I’ll update this post or add a new one.
