The outbreak of the new coronavirus is not yet a pandemic, but “has the potential” to become one, said World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a briefing in Geneva. “Kommersant” reports.
At the same time, he called for “doing everything possible to prepare for a potential pandemic”
It should be noted that pandemic is the spread of the disease worldwide.
According to the latest data, in China nearly 2.6 thousand people died, about 25 thousand people recovered, more than 77 thousand were infected and more than 27,000 recovered.
Notably, cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection were first recorded in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019.
