China media (Caixin) report:

  • death toll has reached 17
  • Wuhan has imposed a quarantine, shutting down transit, airports, and rail stations.

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Wuhan has 11 million residents

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Meanwhile the World Health Organization (WHO) met on Wednesday and have extended their meeting another day, into Thursday:

WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

  • "The decision about whether or not to declare a public health emergency of international concern is one I take extremely seriously, and one I am only prepared to make with appropriate consideration of all the evidence
  • There was an excellent discussion during the meeting today, but it was also clear that to proceed, we need more information
  • For that reason, I have decided to ask the Emergency Committee to meet again tomorrow to continue the discussion"

That is, WHO have not declared emergency yet.