Published: January 31, 2020
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The next round of talks on a global biodiversity treaty due to be held in the Chinese city of Kunming on 24 February will be moved to Rome as a result of a coronavirus outbreak, the United Nations announced.
The UN’s Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity said it had reached the decision after consultations with the Chinese government.
Kunming is still set to host the main round of global biodiversity talks in October this year.
China’s National Health Commission has said in its daily update that number of infections has risen by 2,102 to 11,791.
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