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WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic.

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Domenico Cucinotta, Maurizio Vanelli·2020·Acta bio-medica dell'Ateneo parmense/Acta biomedica

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The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (1). At a news briefing , WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and the number of countries with cases increased threefold. Further increases are expected. He said that the WHO is "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," and he called on countries to take action now to contain the virus. "We should double down," he said. "We should be more aggressive." [...].

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Authors
Cucinotta, D., & Vanelli, M.
Venue
Acta bio-medica dell'Ateneo parmense/Acta biomedica
Published
2020-03-19
Volume
91
Issue
1
Pages
157-160
ISSN
0392-4203 (ISSN-L)
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W3012320055
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References
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FWCI
188.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Cucinotta, D., & Vanelli, M. (2020). WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic. Acta bio-medica dell'Ateneo parmense/Acta biomedica. https://doi.org/10.23750/abm.v91i1.9397

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