Covid-19: Why won’t the WHO officially declare a coronavirus pandemic?

With outbreaks in multiple countries, the new coronavirus looks like a pandemic, but the World Health Organization won’t declare one because governments may react in the wrong way

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2235342-covid-19-why-wont-the-who-officially-declare-a-coronavirus-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home