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Coronavirus confirmed as pandemic by World Health Organization

  • DBMS Global
  • Mar 12, 2020
  • 1 min read

The coronavirus outbreak has been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).


WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold in two weeks. He said he was "deeply concerned" by "alarming levels of inaction".


A pandemic is a disease that is spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time.


Hours later Italy said all shops except food shops and pharmacies would close.

Announcing the toughest lockdown seen yet in Europe, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said bars, hairdressers, restaurants and cafes that could not guarantee a metre's distance between customers and non-essential company departments would also close.


 
 
 

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