{"id":4678,"date":"2020-03-12T15:39:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpimwb.glohtesting.com\/?p=4678"},"modified":"2020-03-12T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:10:11","slug":"who-characterizes-covid-19-as-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpimwb.glohtesting.com\/en\/who-characterizes-covid-19-as-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO characterizes COVID-19 as a Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking at the COVID-19 media briefing, the WHO Director-General said:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWHO has been assessing this outbreak around the clock and we are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly. It is a word that, if misused, can cause unreasonable fear, or unjustified acceptance that the fight is over, leading to unnecessary suffering and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the situation as a pandemic does not change WHO\u2019s assessment of the threat posed by this virus. It doesn\u2019t change what WHO is doing, and it doesn\u2019t change what countries should do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus. 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