COVID-19 'can be characterised as a pandemic': WHO chief

Mar 11, 2020

"COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva."We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus."

HEALTH

The new coronavirus outbreak can now be characterised as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

"COVID-19 can be characterised as a pandemic," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva.

"We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus."

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