Geneva at the evening of the 11th，The World Health Organization (WHO) officially announced，The outbreak of the epidemic of new crown pneumonia has constituted a global "Pandemic"。The data released by the day of the day，The new crown virus epidemic has swept at least 114 countries and regions，Lead more than 118,000 infections and more than 4,000 deaths。

Director -General of the WHO Tan Desai said at a regular press conference that day，"In the past two weeks，The number of cases outside China increased by 13 times，The number of countries (and regions) that appear epidemic has increased by 3 times "，His diffusion speed and severity of the epidemic，I feel worried about the situation where countries do not take action。

March 11，In Geneva, Switzerland，Director Director of the World SeabetHealth Organization Tan Desai (middle) attended the press conference。 That day，Tan Dezai, Director Director of the World Health Organization，The epidemic of new crown pneumonia has great popularity。

Scholar Shen Yi, a scholar at Fudan University, said，WHO announced that "big popularity" means that China has been wasted for the time of the world，"Since the outbreak of the epidemic，China has been sharing experience with the world，But it seems that these experiences have been ignored。”

9th this month，WHO has said，The threat of the new crown epidemic constitutes "big popularity" "has become very real"。January 30 this year，WHO announced that the new crown epidemic constitutes an internationally concerned public health incident。

The last time the WHO announced that "Big Popularity" was during the "Pig Influential (H1N1)" period in 2009。According to the definition published by the WHO，"Big Popularity" refers to the spread of a new disease globally，but did not give a more specific description and the determination standard for "big popularity"。Tan Detai said before，Whether the epidemic is "big epidemic", mainly based on the evaluation of geographical distribution and disease severity of the virus。International generally believes，Diseases recognized as "Big Popularity" will affect a large part of the population in the world，and cause great pressure on the health care system。

Yale University Global Health Policy and Economics Assistant Professor Chen Xi said in an interview with reporters on the 12th，The WHO announced the new crown epidemic as a "popular" and did seabet appnot change its fundamental view of the epidemic，Although this does not have legal binding，But it can be called on all mankind to work together to respond to this public health threat。"'Great Popularity' means that this is no longer a matter of a country，but the matter of all citizens of the world。” Tan Desai also said on the 11th，The formal use of "Big Popularity" will not change the evaluation of the WHO's threat of the new crown virus。

Chen Xi said，After announced "Big Popularity"，WHO will strengthen resource sharing with various countries、Information sharing and international coordination，Think of ways to prevent the rapid spread of the epidemic。At present，Strengthening basic protection is the most needed measures in various countries，To reduce the peak of outbreaks as possible，Make the medical system from being defeated by the surging patient。

WHO recognition，New Crown Pneumonia brings unprecedented challenges to the world。Spokesperson of the WHO Tarik Jasrevich said in an interview on the 10th，Still unable to predict the spread of new coronary viruses，Because it is a new type of virus，Many unknown factors，Especially in terms of severity and infectivity。

Tan Desai said on the 11th，"We have never seen 'Big Popularity' caused by coronary virus，We have never seen ‘big popular’ ”，"We call on countries every day to adopt emergency and positive action。We have ringed the alarm clock，Like and clear。”

                                 Article Source: Global Times