Fear in China as WHO voices 'grave concern' ahead of emergency coronavirus meeting | ABC News

The World Health Organisation is meeting tonight to decide whether the outbreak of the virus should be called a global emergency. Already China has more cases of this coronavirus than it had of SARS seven years ago. More than 7,500 infections have been reported — compared to 5,300 during the SARS epidemic, which lasted over six months. But so far, the coronavirus is less deadly —170 people have died whereas about 350 people were killed by SARS. As infections spread people are nervous across China even if far away from the epicentre, Wuhan. China correspondent Bill Birtles reports. Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-30/who-considering-coronavirus-constitutes-as-a-global-emergency/11912234 For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY You can watch more ABC News content on iview: https://ab.co/2mge4KH Subscribe to us on YouTube: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 You can also like us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/abcnews.au Or follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/abcnews_au Or even on Twitter: http://twitter.com/abcnews