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San Fiorano is one of The Italian cities on lockdown

Major outbreaks of a new coronavirus have suddenly found in Italy and Iran in recent days.

cases Now in South Korea rose to become one of The Most severely affected countries.

The new coronavirus is not a problem only in China, with a small number of exported cases.

It has a lot of people ask me if The Virus is a pandemic and whether the still be possible?

A pandemic is a disease That is in several countries around The World at the same time.

This virus is "absolutely" has pandemic potential, according to The World Health Organization (WHO) President, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

But he added: "We are witnesses to uncontained worldwide spread of The Virus , it does not fit with the word pandemic to the facts. "

Not everyone agrees.

Wiggle room

"I think a lot of people would, the current situation of a pandemic, we have ongoing transmission in several regions of The World ," Prof Jimmy Whitworth of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told the BBC.

Some scientists were arguing Two Weeks ago of a pandemic.

All of this tells us, there is some wiggle room around the word.

The developments in South Korea , Italy and Iran are the reason why people are drifting closer to the call of the coronavirus outbreak of a pandemic.

South Korea 's push for hundreds of new cases, which show how contagious The Virus is.

Italy and Iran, significant outbreaks have now. There are almost certainly far more cases in these countries were reported and The Connection with China has not yet been made.

"spreads The Virus all over The World and The Connection with China is becoming less and less strong," says Prof Whitworth.

And Prof Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh, said her perspective "has definitely changed for the better" in the last couple of days.

"This is largely a Chinese emergency, now we will see how it progress, which it South Korea , Japan, Iran and now in Italy," she says. "It is a highly contagious virus and can spread very quickly. "

you don't think we are in a pandemic yet and is waiting to see the long chains of transmission in countries outside of China.

"We don't have The Evidence to say, we are in one, But I'm pretty sure That we have The Evidence in the next few days.

"If it can be in Italy and Iran, then it is everywhere. "

'Hardly existent" healthcare

researchers have described the cases in Iran as The Most worrying for efforts to curb the global spread of The Virus and prevent a pandemic.

The Number of deaths reported in the country, 12, is far revealed more than The Number of reported cases, 61.

The Number of deaths significant, as The Virus only a small proportion of people infected kills, and it takes weeks to go from infection to death.

Dr. MacDermott, said: "It suggests quite a large number of people with minimal symptoms or asymptomatic, are not tested or even identified paint.

"Who knows how long it has been?"

The country already has in connection with cases in Afghanistan , Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Canada, and Oman.

she added: "the Iraq-and Afghanistan - two of the countries That you do not want The Virus in, the health sector is almost non-existent, after decades of war, and it is not safe for the health workers to travel there.

"I think we are already on The Balance of the pandemic, to see in the next week or two, we are likely to have it pop up in many places and if it's on different continents, then we would be approaching a pandemic. "

officials now say That the not officially declare "" a pandemic for the new coronavirus, although the term can still be used "colloquially".

In the year of 2009 has been criticized by the organization, if it declares the swine flu a pandemic.

He based the decision on a

The Virus has spread around The World - But it proved to be relatively mild, what some argue, the

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Source of news: bbc.com