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    When to use mask 😷 • If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with suspected infection. • Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing More

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    Stay healthy while travelling! 🤒 Avoid travelling if you have a fever and cough. 🏥 If you have a fever, cough & difficulty breathing, seek medical care early and share previous travel history with your health care provider. via

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  3. I am grateful for the contribution being announced of $10.5 million to support to in Yemen for almost 7 million people and the treatment of nearly 780,000 people over 18 months.

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  4. Today during the , signed an agreement to help in Yemen. Thank you Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, the Supervisor General of , for Saudi Arabia's significant support.

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  5. On Day, it’s important to remember the challenges so many people face in accessing healthcare - particularly discrimination against women and girls.

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  6. WHO has deployed infection prevention and control (IPC) specialists to 🇮🇹 to support the response and to facilitate IPC training in the European region. WHO Situation Report 29 February

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  7. Thank you, for your efforts and help to ensure your users are accessing reliable information. Beating the infodemic will help us defeat .

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  8. Risk assessments are done by & the conclusions are shared with public health authorities, including through the International Health Regulations Event Information Site. The assessments are undertaken and updated regularly to inform decision-making and planning.

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  9. The global risk is very high for following reasons (2): -difficulty in identifying cases due to non-specific symptoms & the potential of undetected transmission -potential for major impact on healthcare systems in some affected & potentially affected countries.

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  10. The global risk is very high for following reasons (1): -increase of international spread of cases -large clusters of cases currently reported outside 🇨🇳 -limited testing capacity in some countries -potential medical supply shortages

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  11. On 28 February, raised the risk assessment for the outbreak to “very high” globally, based on the spread of the new & countries’ capacity to respond. The risk within remained unchanged as "very high."

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  12. For more information on how risk assessments are conducted, see WHO’s manual on Rapid Risk Assessment of Acute Public Health Events

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  13. WHO concluded that the risk at regional & global levels was very high for reasons incl. the following: 5️⃣ potential for major impact on health care systems of some affected and potentially affected countries in the future 6️⃣ potential medical supply shortages

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  14. Past experience with coronaviruses and our current understanding of do not indicate that common household pets spread the disease or make people sick. We will provide further updates as we learn more.

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  15. . is working closely with our partner agencies for human/animal health: & . We’re waiting for further results from Hong Kong as health officials investigate the reported presence of in one pet dog.

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  16. WHO concluded that the risk at regional & global levels was “very high” for reasons incl. the following: 3️⃣ difficulty in identifying cases due to non-specific symptoms & the potential of undetected transmission 4️⃣ limited testing capacity for COVID-19 in some countries

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  17. WHO concluded that the risk at regional and global levels was “very high” for reasons incl. the following: 1️⃣ 📈 of intl spread of cases 2️⃣ large clusters of cases currently reported in at least 4 countries outside 🇨🇳

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  18. For the outbreak, WHO looked at a number of factors related to the , how it is spreading, and countries’ capacity to respond.

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  19. A risk assessment is a systematic process for gathering, assessing and documenting information to assign a level of risk. It provides the basis for taking action to manage and reduce the negative consequences of acute public health risks.

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  20. Since WHO systematized its approach to risk assessments in 2012, this is the first time that the risk associated with an event has been assessed as “very high” at the global level.

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