Coronavirus now officially pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that the spreading coronavirus contagion is now officially a pandemic.

The designation means that the novel coronavirus is spreading in many countries at the same time. It is also an acknowledgment that efforts to contain its spread around the world have not succeeded.

The WHO urged an all-out fight against the virus, calling on nations to mobilize hospitals and entire societies.

“This is the first coronavirus that has reached pandemic proportions, but it also the first one that can be contained,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said.

(MIT Technology Review)