The new coronavirus has spread to every continent except Antarctica.
stressed the decision does not change the WHO's assessment of the threat posed by the virus or the actions of the agency. The WHO declared-19 a public health emergency of international concern earlier this year: the highest alert level for an infectious disease.Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, U.K., said in a statement that the WHO declaration had already taken the important step of declaring COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern.
this past few days shows sustained person-to-person spread across multiple countries in several different regions. This increasing evidence clearly indicates that we now have a pandemic."
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