WHO declares the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic

By Agencies Published: Mar 12, 2020 12:33 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (L) attends a daily briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 20, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Junxia)

"We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic"--World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.