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Now tracking the new emerging South Africa Omicron Variant

It is a Pandemic

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    Posted: March 03 2020 at 1:56am

Good luck to all

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im confused. has there been an official announcement ? 

[sorry if imissed it] just looking for more info here.

prepare for the worst,hope for the best.
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Originally posted by nzdad nzdad wrote:

im confused. has there been an official announcement ? 

[sorry if imissed it] just looking for more info here.


Yes


It is a Pandemic

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ok then, thanks for the heads-up.

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There is nothing on WHO in fact the opposite so no it is not officially a pandemic 

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It qualifies in all but name


It will soon be officially declared 


There is no containing this - its now global

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Top CDC official tells Congress coronavirus almost qualifies as a global pandemic


  • WHO will likely deem the COVID-19 coronavirus a global pandemic once sustained person-to-person spread takes hold outside China, a CDC official says.
  • The outbreak already meets two criteria for a pandemic, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, said in prepared remarks.

The World Health Organization will likely deem the coronavirus a global pandemic once sustained person-to-person spread takes hold outside China, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told Congress on Tuesday.

The outbreak already meets two of the three main criteria under the technical designation of a pandemic, Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, said in prepared remarks to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.




“It is a new virus, and it is capable of person-to-person spread,” she said. “If sustained person-to-person spread in the community takes hold outside China, this will increase the likelihood that the WHO will deem it a global pandemic.”

On Monday, WHO officials said the number of new COVID-19 cases outside China was almost nine times higher than that inside the country in the previous 24 hours.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials would not “hesitate” to declare the outbreak a pandemic if “that’s what the evidence suggests.” On Friday, he said the WHO hadn’t declared a pandemic in part because most cases of COVID-19 were still traced to known contacts or clusters of cases, and there wasn’t any “evidence as yet that the virus is spreading freely in communities.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/03/top-cdc-official-tells-congress-coronavirus-almost-qualifies-as-a-global-pandemic.html

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Yes it is a pandemic. 

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Originally posted by Albert Albert wrote:

Yes it is a pandemic. 

One of the top infectious disease epidemiology faculty at Univ of IL wrote this to me (Feb 27th)  in response to my query "Is this a pandemic?"   

This certainly is a historic time. I agree it is a pandemic, regardless of when they declare it. 
He is one of the leading experts, if he says it is, well, it is.
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p.s. Thanks, Kilt!  You caught the brass ring!  

Watch the markets go down, down, down.  Consumer confidence will plunge, purchasing for everything except prep supplies (cars, computers etc.) will tank, there will be NO spending on vacations & travel as we head into Easter, Spring Break and Summer Vacation, etc.  

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Coronavirus is now a 'worldwide pandemic,' German health minister says

Health Minister Jens Spahn has warned that the outbreak of COVID-19 has "not yet reached its peak in Germany." The number of cases in the country rose to 240 on Wednesday.


https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-is-now-a-worldwide-pandemic-german-health-minister-says/a-52634082

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Everyone I know says it is a pandemic.  

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(CNN)For the first time in 11 years, the World Health Organization has declared a pandemic as a top US health official calls for "all hands on deck" to fight coronavirus.

A pandemic is defined as the "worldwide spread" of a new disease.
The US has more than 1,000 cases of novel coronavirus. And growing clusters of the disease are forcing many Americans to change their daily lives.



https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/11/health/us-coronavirus-cases-wednesday/index.html

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