◊The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic and rates the global risk assessment as very high.
◊ The situation is evolving rapidly with global case counts and deaths increasing each day. The number of cases being reported outside of China each day is now more than the number of cases being reported from China each day.
◊ Person-to-person spread has been confirmed, but it is uncertain how easily the virus spreads between people.
◊ Clinical trials and investigations to learn more about the virus, its origin, and how it affects humans are ongoing.
