text: Coronavirus Outbreak Declared Pandemic | New Spotlight Magazine
  Coronavirus Outbreak Declared Pandemic
  March 12, 2020, 7:14 a.m.
  The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday characterized the COVID-19 outbreak as a "pandemic."
  According to Xinhua, the Geneva-based WHO's assessment came as the coronavirus has infected more than 20,000 people across Europe, forcing European countries to impose more travel restrictions, among others, to contain the spread of the virus.
  In other developments, four main Vienna-based United Nations organizations have suspended, in principle, meetings and events with more than 100 participants in the Vienna International Centre (VIC), the building complex hosting the UN Office at Vienna, according to a press release of the UN Information Service (UNIS)
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