In a press conference held on March 12, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.
118 thousand cases ascertained in the world, in 114 countries, 4291 victims are the numbers of a health emergency that continues to grow. Numbers that, as WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pointed out, are destined to grow rapidly.
'Pandemic' is a word, continued the director of the World Health Organization, which has not been adopted lightly that could cause fear and unjustified alarm.
But what does 'pandemic' mean? It defines the case of a new disease, which is transmitted from man to man, that spreads to various countries around the world. Generally indicates the involvement of at least 2 continents.
The severity of a disease is not a decisive parameter for a pandemic to be declared, which concerns instead the rapidity of its spread.
What changes? The pandemic declaration implies that each country develops a 'pandemic plan' and that constantly updates it on the basis of WHO guidelines. So it is an attempt to unify virus containment measures and procedures.
