How likely is coronavirus to go global and become the next pandemic?
The description is reserved for an infectious disease threatening lots of people all over the world simultaneously.
It is spreading between people and has been seen in many of China's neighbouring countries, as well as further afield. "If we invest in fighting at the epicentre, at the source, then the spread to other countries is minimal and also slow," Dr Ghebreyesus told a WHO executive board meeting on Monday.
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