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Replying to what is in scmp.com report ( in post 2) ,
Asked if the virus, which causes the Covid-19 disease was now a global pandemic, Leung said the only reason for not classifying it as such was maybe the word “triggers public fear”.
“Technically this is a pandemic, as it is spreading locally in many countries … but the World Health Organisation insisted that it should only be called pandemic when local outbreaks get out of control,” he said.
It seems that BlueKelah's recent pandemic forecast posted in the "china economic news" thread is now coming true.
Asked if the virus, which causes the Covid-19 disease was now a global pandemic, Leung said the only reason for not classifying it as such was maybe the word “triggers public fear”.
“Technically this is a pandemic, as it is spreading locally in many countries … but the World Health Organisation insisted that it should only be called pandemic when local outbreaks get out of control,” he said.
It seems that BlueKelah's recent pandemic forecast posted in the "china economic news" thread is now coming true.