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WHO declares global health emergency over coronavirus: 4 questions answered

  • Written by Aubree Gordon, Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
A man wearing a surgical mask makes a child wear one outside a hospital where a student who had been in Wuhan is kept in isolation in Thrissur, Kerala state, India. AP Photo

Editor’s note: The World Health Organization reversed course on Jan. 30 and declared the coronavirus a “Public Health Emergency of International Concern.”...

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