WHO Says The Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Is Not A Pandemic

The Hill: WHO: Coronavirus outbreak not yet pandemic

The World Health Organization says the coronavirus outbreak is not a pandemic, but an epidemic with multiple foci.

* The coronavirus has spread to at least two dozen other countries since December.
* Some experts warned earlier this week a pandemic situation is likely.
* A pandemic is a worldwide spread of a new disease, according to WHO.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has ravaged China and spread to several other countries is not yet considered a pandemic.

“Currently we are not in a pandemic,” Dr. Sylvie Briand, head of WHO’s Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, told reporters in Geneva Tuesday.

“We are at the phase where it is an epidemic with multiple foci,” Briand said.

A pandemic is a worldwide spread of a new disease, according to WHO.

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