{"id":390,"date":"2021-11-19T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-596623-2274183.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2021-11-19T08:00:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T08:00:15","slug":"world-health-organization-declares-coronavirus-a-global-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkfinanceinc.com\/world-health-organization-declares-coronavirus-a-global-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus A Global Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Topline<\/strong>: The World Health Organization on Wednesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/who\/status\/1237777021742338049?s=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a>&nbsp;Covid-19 a global pandemic, sending a message to world leaders that the coronavirus is a fast-moving crisis that needs to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The WHO had been reluctant to label the coronavirus a global pandemic until now, saying that categorizing the disease too early might create unfounded panic.<\/li><li>There is no fixed criteria for declaring a pandemic, but Tedros Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO, cited the disease\u2019s quick spread outside of China as a reason for the declaration.<\/li><li>The last time the WHO declared a pandemic was during the H1N1 crisis in 2009, which saw nearly a quarter of the world\u2019s population infected.<\/li><li>The Dow dropped more than 1,100 points after the pandemic declaration.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crucial quote<\/strong>: &#8220;We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction,\u201d Ghebreyesus&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237776967526764544?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Big numbers<\/strong>: Ghebreyesus&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WHO\/status\/1237776790157963267?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed<\/a>&nbsp;to the fact that the number of cases outside of China has increased 13-fold over the last two weeks and the number of countries infected has tripled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>News peg<\/strong>: Over the last few months, Covid-19 has spread quickly from Wuhan, China to the rest of the world, with Italy, Iran and South Korea dealing with the most severe outbreaks outside of China. According to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/opsdashboard\/index.html#\/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6\" target=\"_blank\">Johns Hopkins<\/a>, more than 121,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide and 4,373 have died as of Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original source:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rachelsandler\/2020\/03\/11\/world-health-organization-declares-coronavirus-a-global-pandemic\/#5fcd1ef24ea1\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rachelsandler\/2020\/03\/11\/world-health-organization-declares-coronavirus-a-global-pandemic\/#5fcd1ef24ea1<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline: The World Health Organization on Wednesday&nbsp;declared&nbsp;Covid-19 a global pandemic, sending a message to world leaders that the coronavirus is a fast-moving crisis that needs to be taken seriously. The WHO had been reluctant to label the coronavirus a global pandemic until now, saying that categorizing the disease too early might create unfounded panic. 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