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cord-011468-1ienwzy8	Durrheim, David N	When does a major outbreak become a Public Health Emergency of International Concern?	2020-05-19		.txt	text/plain	952	55	49	The International Health Regulations 3 do not require actual international spread, only a high potential for that spread, and thus the criteria for a PHEIC had already been met by the second Emergency Committee meeting. Global health scholars have criticised the Emergency Committee process as lacking transparency, using "irrelevant considerations, undue influence and political interference", 5 and delaying declaration when International Health Regulations criteria have been met. 7 By the time the Emergency Committee declared a PHEIC for COVID-19 on Jan 30, 2020, 7736 cases and 179 deaths had been confirmed in mainland China, with 107 cases confirmed in 21 other countries. Level 1 PHEIC alert should indicate a high risk outbreak in a single country, with the potential for international spread requiring concerted public health efforts to contain and manage it locally. statement-on-the-meeting-of-theinternational-health-regulations-(2005)-emergency-committee-forebola-virus-disease-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo	./cache/cord-011468-1ienwzy8.txt	./txt/cord-011468-1ienwzy8.txt