Coronavirus: What is a pandemic and how will things change?

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The last time a pandemic was declared in the world was during the outbreak of the H1N1 virus nearly 10 years ago.
The WHO’s definition of “pandemic” is a loose one: “the worldwide spread of a new disease”.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a pandemic is a disease that has spread in multiple countries around the world, usually affecting a large number of people.

Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta reports.
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