The coronavirus outbreak that has infected thousands of people in more than 100 countries is a pandemic, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, said “all countries can still change the course of this pandemic.”
“This is not just a public-health crisis,” he said, reiterating his message for countries to prepare and move forward with a broad, co-ordinated response.
“This is everybody’s business,” he said. He encouraged countries to find and test every case, prepare hospitals and co-operate.
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