大流行

　　Pandemic

　　世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞11日说，新冠肺炎疫情从特征上可称为大流行。谭德塞在日内瓦举行的例行记者会上说，疫情的传播程度和严重性令人深感担忧，“因此我们评估认为，新冠肺炎疫情从特征上可称为大流行”。2010年世卫组织网站给出“大流行”的简单定义，即“一种新疾病在全球范围内传播”。

　　The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that the COVID-19 outbreak can be characterized as a "pandemic" as the virus spreads increasingly worldwide. "We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference. A WHO website defines a pandemic as "the worldwide spread of a new disease.

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