World WHO declares coronavirus global emergency; State Department raises travel warning to highest level January 30, 2020January 30, 2020Doug Stanglin, Ken Alltucker and Grace Hauck, USA TODAYComments Off on WHO declares coronavirus global emergency; State Department raises travel warning to highest level The virus, centered in the city of Wuhan, has now infected more people in China than were sickened there during the 2002-2003 outbreak of SARS.