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O has been assessing this outbreak around the clock, and we're deeply concerned both by the alarming levels, off spread and severity and by the alarming levels off in action.

We have therefore made the assessment that cove in 19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

In the past two weeks, the number of cases off Corbett 19 outside China has increased 13 fold, and the number of affected countries has tripled.

There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4291 people have lost their lives.