WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic

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The World Health Organization (WHO) just declared the novel coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic.

The novel coronavirus outbreak is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday.

"Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO’s assessment of the threat posed by this coronavirus. It doesn’t change what WHO is doing, and it doesn’t change what countries should do," he added. (CNN)

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Warren Raed Thursday, 12 March 2020 12:10 PM

How many people had to pay with their lives for you to declare it a pandemic?

Pubud De Silva Thursday, 12 March 2020 02:31 PM

High Time. I think WHO should be investigating on the point of where the virus was created and ban all travel.

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