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WHO COVID-19 Pandemic Declaration

The World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020.

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Public evidence used for the verdict

세계보건기구(WHO)는 2020년 3월 11일 COVID-19를 팬데믹으로 규정했다.

Reliable · Confidence high

기관의 직접 원문을 확인했고 해당 주제에 대한 전문성과 원자료 추적성이 확인되었습니다.

EVIDENCE 01

Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on quality of life in a literate population in Pakistan

www.emro.who.int

By this date, the World Health Organization had officially acknowledged the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic

Supporting evidenceQuality tier Q1Quality score 85/100Source role Dependent secondary sourceDirect

EVIDENCE 02

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020

www.who.int

We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

Supporting evidenceQuality tier Q1Quality score 99/100Source role Primary sourceDirect

EVIDENCE 03

COVID-19 Virtual Press conference transcript - 8 March 2021

www.who.int

which led us to describe COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11th March last year.

Supporting evidenceQuality tier Q1Quality score 99/100Source role Primary sourceDirect

EVIDENCE 04

WHO Director-General's opening remarks at the media briefing on COVID-19 - 11 March 2020

www.who.int

We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

Supporting evidenceQuality tier Q1Quality score 99/100Source role Primary sourceIndirect

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