The coronavirus is now officially a pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared on Wednesday.
As The Associated Press reports, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and his agency had been reluctant to use the politically- and emotionally-charged word to refer to the situation. But following weeks of what he called “alarming inaction” by some governments across the world, Ghebreyesus inoked the P-word in order to be unambiguous about the severity of what’s happening.
“We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action. We have rung the alarm bell loud and clear,” he said.
However, he added that it’s not too late, saying that if countries “detect, test, treat, isolate, trace and mobilize their people in the response,” then collectively the world can “change the course” of this virus.
After having emerged in China and having ravaged the country, the front lines of the fight against the virus are now in Italy, the hardest-hit European country, and Iran.
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