WHO justifies declaration of covid-19 as pandemic

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says its declaration of the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic, is not meant to cause panic but to advise governments around the world to intensify their campaigns against the virus.

Director general of WHO, Tedros Adhanom said globally more than 121, 000 people have been infected with covid-19 in 118 countries and over 4,300 people have died of the virus.

In South Africa 13 cases have been confirmed, all of which had traveled to various countries in Europe, including Italy.