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The assessment that Cove ID 19 can be characterized as a pandemic pandemic is not a word to use lightly or carelessly.

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It doesn't change what w Joe is doing, and it doesn't change what countries should do.

As I said on Monday, just looking at the number of cases and the number of countries affected does not tell the full story off the 118 cases reported globally in 114 countries.

More than 90% of cases our injures four countries and two off those China and the republic off Korea have significantly declining epidemics.

81 countries have not reported any cases and 57 countries have reported 10 cases or less.

We can not this we cannot say this loudly enough or clearly enough or often enough, all countries can still change the course off this pandemic.