Is the Coronavirus a Pandemic, and Does That Matter? 4 Questions Answered

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

2-5-2020

Publication Title

The Conversation

First page number:

1

Last page number:

2

Abstract

Editor’s note: The new coronavirus has now affected more than 20,000 people in China and claimed more lives as of Feb. 4 than the SARS epidemic from 2002 to 2004. Hong Kong has reported its first death. Some public health officials have said the outbreak is likely to soon be a pandemic, but the World Health Organization said Feb. 4 that it isn’t, yet. Just what is a pandemic anyway? An epidemiologist and public health researcher explains.

Keywords

Pandemic; Coronavirus; Quarantine; Questions answered; PHEIC; Public Health Emergency of International Concern; Wuhan; 2019-nCoV; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; SARS; H1N1 influenza; COVID-19

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Public Health | Public Health Education and Promotion

Language

English


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