Who stressed that novel coronavirus pneumonia has not yet constituted a "pandemic".
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Last Update: 2020-02-25
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Novel coronavirus pneumonia, Geneva, February (Xinhua) 24 (reporter Lingxin Chen Junxia) director general of WHO, Tak Desai, stressed on 24 that although the diagnosis of new crown pneumonia cases in Italy, Iran and Korea is increasing rapidly, it is very worrying that the epidemic has not yet constituted a "pandemic" Tan Desai said at the who's regular press conference on the same day that the rapid increase of confirmed cases in Italy, Iran, South Korea and other places in recent days is very worrying Although novel coronavirus pneumonia is likely to develop into a "pandemic", it is not yet a "pandemic" based on who assessment In determining whether to use the term "pandemic" to describe an epidemic, who needs to conduct a continuous assessment of the geographic scope of the virus's spread, the severity of the disease it causes, and its impact on society as a whole, he explained At present, who has not seen the "uncontrolled" spread of the new coronavirus around the world, nor the large-scale occurrence of severe cases or deaths "What we see is that epidemics in different parts of the world are affecting countries in different ways, and we need to take local measures."
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