WHO Correction of Mistakes in High Risk Assessment of New Type Pneumonia "High" January 28 11:19
WHO = World Health Organization corrects daily infection report on new homepage for new coronavirus, which is spreading in China, and evaluates global risk from moderate to high " WHO states that it is a mistake.
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus in China, WHO has published a report on its website every day since 21st this month, summarizing the latest infection status and including analysis.
From 23rd of this month, we have also been evaluating the dangers, with China reporting "very high", surrounding areas "high" and globally "moderate".
On Wednesday, the WHO corrected that it was incorrect to state that the risk assessment was "moderate" globally and should have been "high".
At a press conference on Wednesday, WHO Secretary-General Tedros said that the global danger was "high" and that WHO had made a mistake in the report.