Geneva: The Corona virus has been declared an epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Declaring Corona as an epidemic, the WHO said that so far more than 4300 people have died worldwide due to this virus, hence it can be called an epidemic.
Let me tell you, any disease is declared an epidemic when it spreads to more than one country and causes a crisis of life in front of people. In the last few days, Corona’s havoc has been seen all over the world. The European country Italy has declared a complete lock-down only to prevent the spread of Corona. At the same time, the Gulf countries have also banned the movement of foreigners. In India too, the entry of foreigners has been banned till 15 April.
Regarding declaring the corona virus as an epidemic, WHO chief Tedros Adnom told the media, “The WHO is assessing the outbreak of this deadly virus. We are deeply concerned with both its dangerous spread and dangerous levels of inactivity. So we have assessed that # COVID19 can be identified as an epidemic. ‘