Covid 19 No Longer Epidemic - Covid-19 Realtime Info
Fears of a coronavirus pandemic grew after sharp rises in new cases reported in iran italy and south korea although china.
Covid 19 no longer epidemic. First it should be noted that as of this writing in mid july 2020 the cdc has made no announcements about covid 19s epidemic classification. Coronavirus is no longer at epidemic levels as less than 140000 people in england are infected experts claim. Is no longer flattening the curve of the covid 19 epidemic a trump administration official told members of congress thursday. On friday the centers for disease control and prevention cdc reported that the percentage of deaths in the united states has dipped low enough so that the nation is at the epidemic threshold which means if the percentage should drop any lower the cdc would no longer call the coronavirus an epidemic.
The curve is. Geneva the world health organization no longer uses the classification pandemic but the covid 19 coronavirus outbreak remains an international emergency that is likely to spread further a spokesman said on monday. According to the cdc reports from march to may covid 19 deaths had a sudden spike and then immediately proceeded to drop and if the drop continues the viral disease will no longer be considered an epidemic according to international standards. But this is not entirely correct.
Despite the recent spike in covid 19 cases deaths have continued to decline and may soon reach a level where the coronavirus will no longer qualify as an epidemic under cdc guidelines. The united states now has so few deaths due to covid 19 that the centers for disease control and prevention reported friday it is approaching the threshold for dipping below the level of an epidemic. The cdc may have to stop calling covid 19 an epidemic due to a remarkably low death rate the july 9 article was flagged as part of facebooks efforts to combat false news and. We are not flattening the curve right now.