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. Unsplash/Aalok Atreya People across the world are taking precautions against the COVID-19 coronavirus, including the man taking a ride in the photo above.         11 March 2020 Health Countries must “double-down” on their efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, the UN health agency said on Wednesday, after announcing that the global emergency can now be described as a pandemic. UN Secretary-General António Guterres described the announcement as “a call to action – for everyone, everywhere.” Speaking in Geneva , World Health Organization ( WHO ) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the fact that the term was being used did not mean that the virus had the upper hand. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ✔ @DrTedros . @ WHO is deeply concerned by the alarming levels of the # coronavirus spread, severity & inaction, & expects to see the number of cases, deaths & affe