When does an outbreak become a pandemic?

The World Health Organization has raised its risk assessment on COVID-19 to “very high,” the organization announced Friday.

But, WHO has held off on calling the outbreak a pandemic, even though there are cases of the disease all over the world.

Global News explains why.

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