'We're really closing in on the tipping of this being declared a pandemic,' said Dr. Syra Madad, a public health expert.
is an often sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in a population in an area, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Dr. Syra Madad, an expert in public health and special pathogen response, said that while it's still early in the outbreak, a pandemic could be near. "We're really closing in on the tipping of this being declared a pandemic," Madad said on "Squawk Box." As of Tuesday, more than 73,400 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, including at least 1,874 deaths. The vast majority are in China. The World Health Organization, which has declared the virus a global health emergency, said there's been more than 150 coronavirus cases in about two dozen countries outside of China.
said Tuesday the coronavirus poses a "credible risk" of escalating into a global pandemic. Veran told France Info radio that the prospect of the coronavirus spreading worldwide was "both a working assumption and a credible risk."
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