Coronavirus outbreak: WHO official says virus not at stage to declare pandemic

Dr. Michael Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) health emergencies programme, said on Friday that they were not at a stage yet to declare the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.

He explained that the course of the virus can be "significantly altered" due to a mixture of response, including containment measures and "robust" public health.

However, he said if countries don't prepare, a pandemic is a global possibility.

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