WHO: World’s first coronavirus pandemic

WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic — the global spread of a new disease — marking the first time a coronavirus has gained that distinction.

By Arete News - March 11, 2020

A New York City transit worker disinfects a train on March 3, 2020, as a precaution against coronavirus (AN/Marc A. Hermann)

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