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CNN begins calling coronavirus outbreak a pandemic
BY JOE CONCHA - 03/09/20 11:20 AM EDT
Dr. Sanjay Gupta announced on Monday that CNN will refer to the global coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, with the network's chief medical correspondent acknowledging that "while we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic."
"Starting today, you will notice that CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current coronavirus outbreak. It is not a decision we take lightly. While we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic," Gupta writes on CNN.com.
"So why now? The World Health Organization hasn't called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Nor has the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many epidemiologists and public health experts argue the world is already experiencing a pandemic because of the novel coronavirus," he continues. "There are now over 100,000 cases and over 3,000 deaths attributed to this new virus. In one day last week, the number of new cases outside of China, where the virus originated, was nearly 9 times higher than the number of new cases in China. This virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica. In several countries, the number of cases continues to climb."
A disease outbreak must be widespread on two continents to be labeled a pandemic, according to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
U.S. public heal...:tiphat:https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4...eak-a-pandemic
BY JOE CONCHA - 03/09/20 11:20 AM EDT
Dr. Sanjay Gupta announced on Monday that CNN will refer to the global coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, with the network's chief medical correspondent acknowledging that "while we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic."
"Starting today, you will notice that CNN is using the term pandemic to describe the current coronavirus outbreak. It is not a decision we take lightly. While we know it sounds alarming, it should not cause panic," Gupta writes on CNN.com.
"So why now? The World Health Organization hasn't called the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Nor has the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But many epidemiologists and public health experts argue the world is already experiencing a pandemic because of the novel coronavirus," he continues. "There are now over 100,000 cases and over 3,000 deaths attributed to this new virus. In one day last week, the number of new cases outside of China, where the virus originated, was nearly 9 times higher than the number of new cases in China. This virus has found a foothold on every continent except for Antarctica. In several countries, the number of cases continues to climb."
A disease outbreak must be widespread on two continents to be labeled a pandemic, according to World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
U.S. public heal...:tiphat:https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4...eak-a-pandemic
