Coronavirus is now a pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced. Director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said that Covid-19 can now be 'characterised as a pandemic'.
Addressing members of the media in his daily briefing this afternoon he said he was concerned by the 'alarming spread' of the virus and 'levels of inaction'.
He told the briefing that the past two weeks has seen cases outside of China rise by 13 times and that over 100 countries are now affected. “In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of Covid-19 cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries climb even higher," he said. “The World Health Organisation has been assessing this
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