CNN "COVID-19 is a Pandemic"

[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] US CNN broadcast on the 9th (local time) classified the outbreak situation of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) as a 'pandemic' (global epidemic).

CNN stated, "From today, we will refer to the COVID-19 outbreak situation as a pandemic." However, it added, "We know that sounds frightening, but it should not cause panic."

CNN noted that neither the World Health Organization (WHO) nor the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have yet called the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, but "many epidemiologists and public health experts argue that the world is already experiencing a pandemic."

On the same day, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that "the threat of a global pandemic has become very real," but did not declare a pandemic. Nevertheless, CNN took a more proactive stance in defining COVID-19 as a pandemic.

There are no specific universal criteria for a pandemic. However, CNN explained that the three general criteria for a pandemic are ▲ a virus that can cause illness or death ▲ sustained human-to-human transmission of the virus ▲ evidence of global spread of the virus.

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