The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the spread of the new coronavirus has reached pandemic proportions, with most countries and all continents affected. “We have never seen a pandemic caused by a coronavirus. And we have never seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time. [Of the 118,000 coronavirus cases reported in 114 countries, more than 90 percent of the cases are in just four countries, and in two of them – China and South Korea – the number of infected people has declined significantly,” the WHO said.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the new classification of Covid-19 transmission does not change the recommendations to authorities in affected countries on how to control the new coronavirus. “Calling the situation a pandemic does not change WHO’s assessment of the threat posed by this coronavirus. It does not change what WHO is doing, and it does not change what countries need to do,” the organization’s statement said.
At the same time, Gebrayesus emphasized that he is “seriously concerned about the alarming level of inaction” regarding the coronavirus. He called on governments to take “urgent and aggressive action. “Several countries have shown that the virus can be suppressed and controlled,” he said.
So far, the WHO has only referred to the Covid-19 outbreak as an epidemic. According to WHO terminology, an epidemic is the sudden spread of a disease in a region. In 2010, the WHO defined a pandemic as the worldwide spread of a new disease. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a pandemic as an epidemic that has affected multiple countries and continents and infected large numbers of people.
Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health at Georgetown University, notes that the terms “epidemic” and “pandemic” are somewhat subjective because there are no precise and universally agreed-upon definitions. Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health at Georgetown University, notes that the terms “epidemic” and “pandemic” are somewhat subjective because there are no precise and universally agreed-upon definitions.
Outside of China, the coronavirus has been most active in South Korea and Italy. According to the latest data, the number of coronavirus cases in Italy increased by 2,000 in one day to 12.4 thousand, and the number of deaths increased to 827.
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In Russia, eight people were diagnosed with coronavirus infection in one day, according to the coronavirus task force. Six of the cases were in Moscow, including one child. The other two infected people are in the Moscow region. “One of the patients, a child, has no symptoms of the disease, he is only a carrier,” the Operational Center for Monitoring and Control of the Coronavirus in Moscow told Interfax on Wednesday.
In addition, the headquarters reported that from March 13, Russia will limit the issuance of visas to citizens of Italy, where one of the largest outbreaks of the disease is observed. Only business, humanitarian, diplomatic and official visas will be issued. Air communications with Italy, France, Germany and Spain will also be restricted. Federal and regional authorities were advised to reduce the number of mass events and limit international travel by civil servants. Taking into account the newly infected in Russia, there are 28 cases of coronavirus infection registered, clarified by the headquarters.
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