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WHO declared COVID-19 a "Pandemic"! What exactly is meant by Pandemic?

R Sinduja

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The WHO has declared the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. Know what it means? Pandemics means the geographical spread, it has got nothing to do with the severity of the disease. As per WHO, a pandemic is declared when a new disease for which people don't have immunity, spreads across the world beyond expectations. Once a pandemic is declared, it becomes more likely that community spread will eventually happen.