The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is not a pandemic, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday, adding that they're hopeful transmission of the virus can be contained.
The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak is not a pandemic, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday, adding that they're hopeful transmission of the virus can be contained.
The agency acknowledges that it is challenging to contain the virus because of global mass movement.Second Wuhan coronavirus death outside of mainland China confirmed"We are not in a pandemic," Dr. Sylvie Briand, director of the World Health Organization's Infectious Hazards Management Department said in a press conference on Tuesday, explaining that the virus is currently considered to be an epidemic with multiple locations.
The Wuhan coronavirus is spreading 02:09Read MoreA pandemic is define as the worldwide spread of a new disease, but it's not quite as simple as that. The finer details are debated as many factors, including population immunity and disease severity, need to be taken into account.An epidemic is more than a normal number cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior or other health-related events in a community or region.
A pandemic"typically refers to sustained transmission of a new infectious disease across numerous countries," added Dr. Michael Head, senior research fellow in global health at University of Southampton."Here, we have the coronavirus that has been imported into numerous countries, and we have seen some very limited amount of human transmission outside of China, but not really enough yet for the World Health Organisation to declare a pandemic."Dr.
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