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095 新冠全球大流行,Pandemic 到底是什么意思?


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(WHO, 3.11)We have therefore made assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

pandemic (疾病)大流行

n. a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease/ adj.

- (Nature) Time to use the p-word? Coronavirus enters dangerous new phase.

- But there is no need to assume that it is the next pandemic.
- But the word pandemic was very much on the minds of the TED community.
- But public health officials have also had to consider the risks if the public overreacts to a pandemic declaration.
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