Canadian public-health officials prepare for coronavirus as WHO decides whether to declare global emergency WHO experts told news conference that, so far, 2019-nCOV seems to spread primarily through close human contact, but they are uncertain of the route

The World Health Organization is expected to decide Thursday whether to declare an international public-health emergency over a new coronavirus that has spread rapidly from Wuhan, China, and that infectious disease experts say is likely to eventually turn up in Canada.