- Nov 2, 2008
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-51839944
The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the
World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased
13-fold over the past two weeks.
He said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction" over
the virus. A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries
around the world at the same time. However, Dr Tedros said that calling
the outbreak a pandemic did not mean the WHO was changing its advice
about what countries should do.
He called on governments to change the course of the outbreak by taking
"urgent and aggressive action". "Several countries have demonstrated
that this virus can be suppressed and controlled," he said.
"The challenge for many countries who are now dealing with large clusters
or community transmission is not whether they can do the same -
it's whether they will."
The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the
World Health Organization (WHO). WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased
13-fold over the past two weeks.
He said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction" over
the virus. A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries
around the world at the same time. However, Dr Tedros said that calling
the outbreak a pandemic did not mean the WHO was changing its advice
about what countries should do.
He called on governments to change the course of the outbreak by taking
"urgent and aggressive action". "Several countries have demonstrated
that this virus can be suppressed and controlled," he said.
"The challenge for many countries who are now dealing with large clusters
or community transmission is not whether they can do the same -
it's whether they will."