On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic. Many parts of the world are practicing social distancing as a means to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and flatten the curve.
The World Health Organization has declared the COVID-19 a pandemic. Much of the population in North America, and many other parts of the world, are practicing social distancing to help limit the spread of COVID-19.
The outbreak of the respiratory disease, COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), first detected in Wuhan City, in China, has now become a global pandemic.