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Coronavirus is a pandemic in all but name as the infection goes global

Coronavirus is a pandemic in all but name as the infection goes global

26 February 2020

With outbreaks of covid-19 hitting Italy, Iran and South Korea, the World Health Organization's reluctance to label the spread of the virus a pandemic seems odd
Police check movement into and out of Casalpusterlengo, Italy, as part of efforts to contain the virus

Covid-19: Our chance to contain the coronavirus may already be over

24 February 2020

We don’t know the sources of many of the covid-19 cases in South Korea and Italy, suggesting the virus is now spreading untraceably among communities

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