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Time to use the p-word? Coronavirus enters dangerous new phase

As outbreaks surge worldwide, scientists fear that COVID-19 might soon become pandemic.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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The spread of the new coronavirus could soon become unstoppable, say scientists who are concerned about a rapid surge in the number and size of outbreaks outside China. Some are even muttering the p-word: pandemic.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00551-1

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  • Clarification 27 February 2020: An earlier version of the picture caption was ambiguous about where in Italy COVID-19 cases had occurred.

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  1. Hatchett, R. J., Mecher, C. E. & Lipsitch, M. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 104, 7582–7587 (2007).

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