Covid-19: WHO declares pandemic because of “alarming levels” of spread, severity, and inaction

By Elisabeth Mahase. British medical journal, 2020

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Covid-19 has officially been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, as its director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that he was “deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction.” The virus began spreading in Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019 and has spread to over 100 countries, with more than 120 000 cases and over 4000 deaths reported as of 11 March. “‘Pandemic’ is not a word to use lightly or carelessly,” …

Subfields: Health, Oncology, Sociology and Political Science

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• Is diabetes mellitus associated with mortality and severity of COVID-19? A meta-analysis (2020, unknown): “alarming levels of its spread, severity and inaction [2].”