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WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic.

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- Vol. 91, Iss: 1, pp 157-160
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and theNumber of countries with cases increased threefold, and further increases are expected.
Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (1). At a news briefing , WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and the number of countries with cases increased threefold. Further increases are expected. He said that the WHO is "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," and he called on countries to take action now to contain the virus. "We should double down," he said. "We should be more aggressive." [...].

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WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Director-General Dr. Tedros urged countries to take immediate action due to the rapid spread and severity of the virus.

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