WHO: World currently 'not in a pandemic' of China virus

Indonesian schoolchildren wearing protective face masks watch an air show performance in Batam on Tuesday (Feb 4). The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a "pandemic". - AFP

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that the outbreak of the deadly novel coronavirus, which has spread from China to two dozen countries, does not yet constitute a "pandemic".

"Currently we are not in a pandemic," Sylvie Briand, head of WHO's Global Infectious Hazard Preparedness division, told reporters in Geneva.