国际英语资讯:WHO characterizes COVID-19 outbreak as pandemic, urging action
<p><span word="GENEVA">GENEVA</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 11-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Organization">Organization</span> (<span word="WHO">WHO</span>) <span word="said">said</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="outbreak">outbreak</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="characterized">characterized</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> "<span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>" <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="virus">virus</span> <span word="spreads">spreads</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="worldwide">worldwide</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="therefore">therefore</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="assessment">assessment</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="characterized">characterized</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>," <span word="WHO">WHO</span> <span word="Director">Director</span>-<span word="General">General</span> <span word="Tedros">Tedros</span> <span word="Adhanom">Adhanom</span> <span word="Ghebreyesus">Ghebreyesus</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="press">press</span> <span word="conference">conference</span>.</p><p><span word="Tedros">Tedros</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="WHO">WHO</span> <span word="is">is</span> "<span word="deeply">deeply</span> <span word="concerned">concerned</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alarming">alarming</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="severity">severity</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="alarming">alarming</span> <span word="levels">levels</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="inaction">inaction</span>."</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="urged">urged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="aggressive">aggressive</span> <span word="action">action</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p>
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