We ask that the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) declare COVID-19 a pandemic. This is because COVID-19 meets all criteria for a pandemic, and declaring it so will bring greater awareness to the public about this virus as well as global response and allocation of resources. According to W.H.O. own definitions, this virus is a Phase 6 pandemic. However, W.H.O. recently claimed to no longer use the term pandemic or the phases for declaring a pandemic. This is in direct contradiction to W.H.O. previous actions and statements, and therefore we ask that W.H.O. take responsibility by declaring a pandemic.

Our reasons are: