1. WHO Declares COVID-19 a Pandemic - PubMed

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32191675/

    The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020, has declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic (1). At a news briefing , WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, noted that over the past 2 weeks, the number of cases outside China increased 13-fold and the number of countries with cases increased threefold.

  2. One year since COVID-19 declared a global pandemic by WHO ...

    https://www.citynews1130.com/2021/03/11/one-year-pandemic-who/

    On March 11, 2020, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced to the world that he was deeply concerned about “the alarming levels of spread and severity, and by the alarming levels of inaction” against the coronavirus, which to date has killed more than 2.6 million people.

  3. WHO says pandemic has caused more 'mass trauma' than WWII

    https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/05/who-says-pandemic-has-caused-more-mass-trauma-than-wwii-and-will-last-for-years.html

    WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused more "mass trauma" than World War II. He added that the mental health toll of the coronavirus ...

  4. It was 1 year ago that WHO declared covid-19 a pandemic ...

    https://triblive.com/news/it-was-one-year-ago-that-who-declared-covid-19-a-pandemic/

    Only when WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared a “pandemic” six weeks later, on March 11, 2020, did most governments take action, experts said.

  5. Local Non-Profit Helps Start-Ups Grow During COVID-19 Pandemic

    https://www.newson6.com/story/60590d0b3da3500bc38a173c/local-nonprofit-helps-startups-grow-during-covid19-pandemic

    Local Non-Profit Helps Start-Ups Grow During COVID-19 Pandemic ... WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that while many nations are still seeing infections increasing, it is ...

  6. WHO Chief On COVID-19 Pandemic: 'The Worst Is Yet To Come ...

    https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/06/29/885049691/who-chief-on-covid-19-pandemic-the-worst-is-yet-to-come

    The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is speeding up, and he criticized governments that have failed to establish reliable contact tracing to stop the...

  7. COVID-19 vaccine must be a global public good: WHO briefing

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/vaccine-covid19-coronavirus-who-briefing-12-june/

    The World Health Organization held a media briefing on 12 June, to update the public on the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on leaders to ensure any vaccine is a 'global public good'. We heard more on the impact of the pandemic in the global south.

  8. Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/covid-19-pandemic-will-not-be-the-last-who-chief/ar-BB1cfFwf

    Covid-19 pandemic will not be the last: WHO chief AFP 12/27/2020. ... This is dangerously short-sighted," said the World Health Organization's Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

  9. The WHO Just Declared Coronavirus COVID-19 a Pandemic | Time

    https://time.com/5791661/who-coronavirus-pandemic-declaration/

    A pandemic declaration is fairly unusual. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a coronavirus related to COVID-19, and which infected about 8,000 people across 26 countries in 2003, did not ...