Headline RoundupJanuary 30th, 2020

Coronavirus Declared Global Emergency by UN Health Agency

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The World Health Organization formally designated the recent coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency Thursday, the sixth time WHO has used the designation in its 71-year history. Many reporting outlets focused on the death toll in China rising to at least 170 on Thursday, as well as the first person-to-person transmission of the virus in the United States.

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