(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.