WHO declares Covid-19 as global pandemic

World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Covid-19 disease as a pandemic.

WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. said the number of cases outside China had increased 13-fold over the past two weeks and expressed deep concern regarding the alarming levels of inaction over the virus. Dr. Tedros added that it was still not too late for governments to have an impact.

A pandemic is defined as a disease spreading in multiple countries around the world at the same time..

The virus has been identified in at least 114 countries, according to WHO. Infected cases worldwide are numbered at 121,564 with 4,374 deaths reported.