PubMed· 2020
WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.
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- COVID-19 outbreak officially declared a global pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020.
- Cases outside China increased 13-fold in the past two weeks.
- Number of countries with cases increased threefold in the past two weeks.
- WHO cited alarming spread, severity, and inaction as reasons for the declaration.
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Abstract
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (1). At a news briefing , WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and the number of countries with cases increased threefold. Further increases are expected. He said that the WHO is "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," and he called on countries to take action now to contain the virus. "We should double down," he said. "We should be more aggressive." [...].
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Field: Modeling and Simulation
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