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- A public health emergency (the condition that requires the governor to declare a state of public health emergency) is defined as "an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition, caused by bio terrorism, epidemic or pandemic disease, or (a) novel and highly fatal infectious agent or biological toxin, that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human facilities or incidents or permanent or long-term disability (WHO/DCD, 2001). The declaration of a state of public health emergency permits the governor to suspend state regulations, change the functions of state agencies. World Health Organization
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- Gov. Kemp extends Georgia’s public health emergency to May 13 - 13WMAZ
 by - The court said a previous ruling from a federal judge blocking the ban ignored the state’s ability to restrict rights during a public health emergency. - Dallas News by
- WHO should declare climate change a public health emergency - The BMJ by
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- emergencia de salud pública
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- La OMS define una emergencia de salud pública de interés internacional como “un evento extraordinario” que constituye un “riesgo para la salud pública de otros Estados a través de la propagación internacional de enfermedades” y “potencialmente requiere una respuesta internacional coordinada”. CNN/OMS - by María C Turri
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- La OMS declara que el nuevo brote de coronavirus es una emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional. - OPS Argentina by María C Turri
- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) ha declarado la Emergencia de Salud Pública Internacional ante la expansión del brote del coronavirus 2019 n-CoV. - Gaceta Médica by María C Turri
- Por todas esas razones, declaro que el brote mundial por el nuevo coronavirus constituye una emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional. - WHO by María C Turri
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- Ein Internationaler Gesundheitsnotstand (engl.: Public Health Emergency of International Concern) ist "ein außergewöhnliches Ereignis, das aufgrund der internationalen Ausbreitung von Krankheiten ein Risiko für die öffentliche Gesundheit für andere Staaten darstellt und das möglicherweise eine koordinierte internationale Reaktion erfordert". SWR (in Kombination mit engl. Wikipedia) - by Michael Josef Heinrich
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