ON Tuesday, February 25, the World Health Organization (WHO), speaking through its director general, told the nations of the world to do “everything they can to prepare for a potential pandemic.”

Then on Thursday, WHO, speaking through its representative to the Philippines Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe, declared that the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) was still not considered a pandemic.

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