'International emergency' announcement due to coronovirus from World Health Organization 2020-01-31 10:06:53 NEWS CENTER - The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an "international public health emergency" related to the new type of coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China. The new type of coronavirus outbreak, first detected in Wuhan, China in December, has been seen in 18 countries so far.   In the outbreak, only 171 people have lost their lives in China so far, and more than 8 thousand people worldwide have been identified with coronavirus.