KEY HIGHLIGHTS:

• On 21 January 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus. Currently WHO IHR Emergency Committee is meeting to discuss possibility of declaring the outbreak A Public Health Emergency of International Concern
• A PHEIC is declared if an extraordinary event poses a public health threat to other nations through the spread of disease and requires a more robust coordinated international response.
• The risk of transmission to the Caribbean is LOW
• WHO, CDC have assessed the risk level low but this may change in coming days based on international spread. 

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