continues to rise by the day for the latest we connect to our Kim Jae Hee

who's standing by for us on the line Jay please fellas in China's National Health

Commission said on Friday the number of deaths in China has now reached 213 and

around 9700 cases have been confirmed in the country that's nearly 2,000 new

confirmed cases and 43 more deaths compared to the previous day out of the

total deaths 204 deaths came from the Hebei province and 159 were from Wuhan

the rise in the number of cases comes after the World Health Organization

declared the corona virus outbreak a public health emergency of international

concern the director general for the w-h-o said on Thursday during a news

conference in Geneva that the main reason for the declaration is not

because of what is happening in China but because of what is happening in

other countries for the virus to countries he also stressed that the

w-h-o continues to have confidence in China's capacity to control the outbreak

and that there is no need at this time for measures that interfere with travel

and trade the w-h-o declares international health emergencies for

only extraordinary events that cause health risks to other countries through

international spread and potentially require a coordinated international

response the declaration alerts whu-oh member countries to step up

precautionary measures such as screening travelers and monitoring international

trade this is the sixth time such an emergency has been declared by the w-h-o

an jae-hee more confirmed cases are being reported from people who have

never been to Wuhan tell us more about the situation in countries other than

China right more person to person spread is being reported in countries all over

the world the u.s. confirmed on Thursday its first incident of human-to-human

transmission the infected man in his 60s from Chicago is the husband of a woman

who had previously traveled to China and was confirmed as having the virus this

brings the total number of infected US patients to six France also reported at

six case on Thursday France was the first country in Europe to have

confirmed a coronavirus case that is all I have at this hour but I will be back

with more updates in our later newscasts back to you mark