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CARICOM | Health Ministers to hold Emergency Meeting on deadly Coronavirus

CARICOM | Health Ministers to hold Emergency Meeting on deadly Coronavirus

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) February 1, 2020 - The Region’s Health Ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Monday 3 February on the novel Coronavirus which the World Health Organisation has now classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

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World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus briefs the press on the evolution of the new coronavirus epidemic on yesterday in Geneva.

WHO declares coronavirus a global public health emergency

WUHAN, China (AFP) — The World Health Organization yesterday warned all governments to “take action” over the SARS-like virus spreading from China that has killed 132 people and infected around 6,000 others.

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  • Countries United_Kingdom
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Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados on Alert for Coronavirus

Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados on Alert for Coronavirus

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 26, 2020 - The Governments of Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, have moved to put screening mechasims in place in an effort to spot travellers who may be experiencing  “signs and symptoms” of the coronavirus at ports of entry, in the various island states.

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  • Countries CARICOM
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