https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/11/covid-19-officially-declared-a-pandemic-by-the-who-as-deaths-pass-4000/

The World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic at a press conference in Geneva today. The move comes as causes from the viral coronavirus strain have increased 13-fold in two weeks, effectively tripling the number of countries that have diagnosed cases.

"We have therefore made the assessment that #COVID19 can be characterized as a pandemic"-@DrTedros #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/JqdsM2051A