By reversing course and using the charged word “pandemic” that it previously shied away from, the U.N. health agency sought to shock lethargic countries into pulling out all the stops. “We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action. ADVERTISEMENT“All countries can still change the course of this pandemic. If countries detect, test, treat, isolate, trace and mobilize their people in the response,” he said. “We are deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction.”For more news about the novel coronavirus click here.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 12, 2020 11:08 UTC