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31 Dec 2019
WHO’s Country Office in the People’s Republic of China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.[/align]The Country Office notified the International Health Regulations (IHR) focal point in the WHO Western Pacific Regional Office about the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission media statement of the cases and provided a translation of it.
WHO’s Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) platform also picked up a
media report on ProMED (a programme of the International Society for Infectious Diseases) about the same cluster of cases of “pneumonia of unknown cause”, in Wuhan.
Several health authorities from around the world contacted WHO seeking additional information.
世卫组织驻中华人民共和国国家代表处从武汉市卫生委员会的网站上获取了关于中华人民共和国武汉市“病毒性肺炎”病例的媒体声明。国家代表处将武汉市卫生委员会有关病例的新闻声明通知了世卫组织西太平洋区域办事处的国际卫生条例（IHR）联络点，并提供了译文。世卫组织开放源代码流行病情报平台（EIOS）还在武汉获取了有关ProMED（国际传染病学会的一项计划）的媒体报道，该报道涉及同一类“未知原因的肺炎”病例。来自世界各地的几个卫生当局联系了世卫组织，以寻求更多信息。
14 January 2020
WHO held a press briefing during which it
stated that, based on experience with respiratory pathogens, the potential for human-to-human transmission in the 41 confirmed cases in the People’s Republic of China existed: “it is certainly possible that there is limited human-to-human transmission”.
WHO tweeted that preliminary investigations by the Chinese authorities had found “no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission”. In its
risk assessment, WHO said additional investigation was “needed to ascertain the presence of human-to-human transmission, modes of transmission, common source of exposure and the presence of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic cases that are undetected”.
世卫组织在新闻发布会上表示，根据呼吸道病原体的经验，在中华人民共和国的41例确诊病例中存在人与人之间传播的潜力：“毫无疑问，人类有限人间传播”。世卫组织在推特上说，中国当局的初步调查发现“没有人与人之间传播的明确证据”。世卫组织在其风险评估中说，“需要进行进一步调查，以确定是否存在人与人之间的传播，传播方式，常见的接触源以及是否存在未发现的无症状或轻度症状病例”。
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