The World Health Organization has not declared the coronavirus outbreak a global emergency - at least not yet.
The Director General of the WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom says the panel will meet again tomorrow and will have more to say then.
Meantime, Chinese state media say the city of Wuhan is shutting down outbound flights and trains as the country battles the spread of a new virus that has sickened hundreds and killed 17.
The city also asked people not to leave the city without specific reasons.
The illness comes from a new Coronavirus that experts say may be spread through the respiratory tract and may be mutating.
So far there are no confirmed cases in Canada.