WHO reports that global risk from new corona virus is "high" rather than "moderate" as previously assumed.

A report released late January 26 by the World Health Organization (WHO) assesses the risks from pneumonia due to the new corona virus (nCoV) strain as "very high in China, high in the region". and worldwide ".

The WHO further notes that the documents published last week, rated the "moderate" global risk as "inaccurate". WHO spokesman Fadela Chaib further explained that this was a "word error".

The WHO on January 23 said the Wuhan pneumonia was "an emergency in China" but not a "global emergency", the term used only for serious epidemics international coordination action.

WHO has been criticized for using this term. In 2009, when a swine flu outbreak broke out, the United Nations health agency was deemed bewildered when it announced that it was "pandemic", but in fact it was not as risky as the initial assessment. organization's.

However, in 2014, WHO faced harsh criticism for underestimating the seriousness of the Ebola epidemic that devastated three West African countries, killing 11,300 people at the end of 2016.

Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, China is where nCoV originated. By the afternoon of 1/27, more than 2,700 people infected with strange pneumonia, 81 people died. China has ordered the blockade of Wuhan and many other cities to prevent the spread of disease. However, cases have been reported in the United States, France, Canada, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Singapore, Nepal, Australia and Cambodia.