Cucinotta Domenico, Vanelli Maurizio
Editor, Acta Biomedica.
Editor in Chief, Acta Biomedica.
Acta Biomed. 2020 Mar 19;91(1):157-160. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i1.9397.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (1). At a news briefing , WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and the number of countries with cases increased threefold. Further increases are expected. He said that the WHO is "deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction," and he called on countries to take action now to contain the virus. "We should double down," he said. "We should be more aggressive." [...].
2020年3月11日,世界卫生组织(WHO)宣布新型冠状病毒(COVID-19)疫情为全球大流行(1)。在一次新闻发布会上,WHO总干事谭德塞博士指出,在过去两周里,中国境外的病例数增加了13倍,出现病例的国家数量增加了两倍。预计还会进一步增加。他表示,WHO“对传播速度和严重程度的惊人水平以及不作为的惊人程度深感关切”,并呼吁各国立即采取行动遏制病毒。“我们应该加倍努力,”他说,“我们应该更积极主动。” [...]