The global outbreak of coronavirus has been officially declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
The global outbreak of coronavirus has been officially declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic.
Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday (March 11), WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction".
He added: "We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic".