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Why WHO hasn't declared Covid-19 a pandemic
It may come to that but for now, the spread is not so rapid and cases not high in most places
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Shoppers stocking up on toilet paper, food and water on Saturday in Los Angeles, California, as Americans began to fear supplies would be affected by the spread of the coronavirus across the country. Declaring a pandemic essentially means accepting that the virus can no longer be contained.
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Covid-19 infections can now be found in more than 50 countries around the world. In just over two months since the coronavirus emerged, about 87,000 people have been infected and close to 3,000 have died.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the global risk assessment level to "very high".
