Tagged: Public Health Emergency of International Concern

Coronavirus: travel restrictions now in place for New Zealand - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Feb 02, 2020 •

• coronavirus,
• measles,
• Pacific,
• Public Health Emergency of International Concern,
• Samoa,
• Travel,
• WHO

With reports that several people in New Zealand have been tested for suspected coronavirus – they were all negative – and the WHO declaring the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, our government has just announced entry restrictions for foreign nationals arriving from or transiting through mainland China.   A Public Health Emergency of International Concern … Read More

A Public Health Emergency of International Concern – coronavirus update - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Feb 01, 2020 •

• CDC,
• Center for Systems Science and Engineering,
• China,
• coronavirus,
• Johns Hopkins,
• Lauren Gardner,
• PHEIC,
• Public Health Emergency of International Concern,
• WHO,
• Wuhan

With reports that someone in Auckland is being tested for the novel coronavirus, and the WHO declaring the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern here’s my first round-up of some of the week’s coronavirus-related news. New Zealand’s first case? Update 02/02/2020: Test came back negative. Also in the RNZ report is the information that so … Read More