Past outbreaks of new viruses have been declared global pandemics, but so far the World Health Organization (WHO) has stopped short of doing that for the coronavirus.
With infections spreading to more countries every day, the effects of the virus appear to be very close to meeting the definition of a pandemic.
Some critics have suggested the WHO is acting too cautiously.
Al Jazeera's Charlotte Bellis explains.

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