Can a coronavirus pandemic be stopped? WHO urges caution; others say world is 'very close'
A federal health official warned Tuesday that the deadly coronavirus could cause"severe" disruptions in the USA as global experts struggled to fend off the outbreak and avoid a pandemic."Disruption to everyday life may be severe," Nancy Messonnier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, warned at a news conference Tuesday.
Dennis Carroll, former director of the U.S. Agency for International Development's Global Health Security and Development Unit, credited China's"extraordinary control measures" with delaying the spread of the virus, but he said avoiding a pandemic is"very unlikely." "If we continue to see focalized local transmission in areas outside of China, the WHO will need to reconvene," Nolan told USA TODAY on Tuesday."We are very close to seeing this virus becoming a pandemic."
That means redirecting the focus from containment measures to preparing for treatment of big numbers of sick patients with antivirals while continuing the effort to develop an effective vaccine, he said.Beyond an epidemic, which involves a defined region, a pandemic has global impact. It can be a moving target – there is no threshold, such as number of deaths or infections.
"Not only is this costly, it may also trigger panic," he warned."Countries may as well put in place these plans without the official announcement."
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