WHO: Spread of the coronavirus outside China did not lead to a pandemic, but to an epidemic

The WHO said it was too early to call the outbreak a pandemic but countries should be "in a phase of preparedness".

"For the moment we are not witnessing the uncontained global spread of this virus and we are not witnessing large scale severe disease or deaths.

"Does this virus have pandemic potential? Absolutely, it has. Are we there yet? From our assessment, not yet."

WE DO NOT NEED TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS TO DECIDE A PANDEMIC IF ENOUGH OF US AGREES COVID-19 IS A PANDEMIC