{"id":5577,"date":"2020-03-11T14:28:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2020-03-11T14:28:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:28:18","slug":"who-declares-the-outbreak-of-the-new-coronavirus-is-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drealfmgrenada.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/11\/who-declares-the-outbreak-of-the-new-coronavirus-is-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Declares The Outbreak Of The New Coronavirus Is A Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"EhQZ30\">The coronavirus sweeping across the world is a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared today. There are now over 118,000 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, in 114 countries around the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"Z3N7Zq\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237777021742338049\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-ancestor EmbeddedTweet-ancestor--repliesRefresh\" data-scribe=\"section:conversation\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237777021742338049\" data-tweet-id=\"1237777021742338049\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING \ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have therefore made the assessment that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> can be characterized as a pandemic&quot;-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrTedros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JqdsM2051A\">pic.twitter.com\/JqdsM2051A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237777021742338049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"PIGMMr\">The WHO continues to closely monitoring spread of the virus, said Tedros Adhanom, director general of the WHO, during the announcement. \u201cWe are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"9GXUUB\">There are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\">large outbreaks<\/a>\u00a0of the virus in Italy, South Korea, and the United States. In the US, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/6\/21168028\/coronavirus-us-testing-insufficient-covid-19-cdc-fda-international\">slow rollout<\/a>\u00a0of testing and limited testing capacity has crippled response to the disease.<\/p>\n<p id=\"5E5qXo\">The spread of the virus can still be controlled, Adhanom said. He pointed to both China and South Korea, where outbreaks appear to be declining. \u201cIt\u2019s doable.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"K60our\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237777750393597952\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-ancestor EmbeddedTweet-ancestor--repliesRefresh\" data-scribe=\"section:conversation\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;If countries detect, test, treat, isolate, trace, and mobilize their people in the response, those with a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> cases can prevent those cases becoming clusters, and those clusters becoming community transmission&quot;-<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrTedros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237777750393597952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"kM7js9\">A pandemic is the \u201cworldwide spread of a new disease,\u201d according to the WHO. There\u2019s no cut-and-dry criteria for what reaches the level of pandemic and what does not, and there is no threshold of cases or deaths that triggers the definition.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4kERLV\">The WHO classified the novel coronavirus as a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/1\/30\/21115357\/coronavirus-outbreak-global-public-emergency-world-health-organization\">global public health emergency<\/a>\u00a0on January 30th. Until now, they\u2019ve been reluctant to call the outbreak a pandemic over concerns that it would incite unnecessary panic, though they\u2019d been warning countries to prepare for a pandemic. \u201cUsing the word pandemic now does not fit the facts, but it may certainly cause fear,\u201d Adhanom said at a press briefing at the end of February. \u201cWhat we see are epidemics in different parts of the world affecting different countries in different ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"y44l5S\">Countries around the world, including in the US, have already been leaning on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/2\/25\/21151200\/coronavirus-cdc-flu-pandemic-plans-school-isolation-cancellations\">pandemic preparedness plans<\/a>\u00a0to respond to outbreaks of the new coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ns6Ygx\">The last time the WHO declared a pandemic was during the H1N1 outbreak in 2009, which infected\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cidrap.umn.edu\/news-perspective\/2013\/01\/study-puts-global-2009-pandemic-h1n1-infection-rate-24\">nearly a quarter<\/a>\u00a0of the world\u2019s population. However, that decision was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-who\/who-admits-shortcomings-in-handling-flu-pandemic-idUSTRE63B2TL20100412\">criticized<\/a>\u00a0for creating unnecessary panic. SARS was not considered a pandemic, despite affecting people in 26 countries, and neither was MERS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The coronavirus sweeping across the world is a pandemic, the World Health Organization declared today. 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