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Pandemic declared as COVID-19 blazes across globe

posted onMarch 12, 2020
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Arstechnica
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COVID-19 is a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared in a press briefing Wednesday.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited not just the leaping numbers of cases, deaths, and countries affected in making the determination but also the slow responses of many countries and governments.

“We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction," WHO Director-General, who goes by Dr. Tedros, said. As of Wednesday, there are over 121,000 cases and over 4,370 deaths in at least 114 countries and territories worldwide. “We expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries climb even higher,” Dr. Tedros said. He urged countries to be prepared.

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