Article 4ZTV1 What does it mean if coronavirus is declared a pandemic?

What does it mean if coronavirus is declared a pandemic?

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Melissa Davey
from Science | The Guardian on (#4ZTV1)

What is a pandemic, why would the WHO declare the Covid-19 outbreak to be one and what comes next?

Pandemics have nothing to do with the severity of a disease but are to do with its geographic spread. According to the World Health Organization, a pandemic is declared when a new disease for which people do not have immunity spreads around the world beyond expectations.

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