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FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, a South Korean army soldier sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in front of a Karaoke bar in Seoul, South Korea. As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it's plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic — a serious global outbreak. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

FILE - In this March 6, 2020, file photo, a South Korean army soldier sprays disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus in front of a Karaoke bar in Seoul, South Korea. As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it's plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic — a serious global outbreak. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

March 7, 2020

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As virus outbreaks multiply, UN declines to declare pandemic
March 7, 2020 7:35 a.m.

As virus outbreaks multiply, UN declines to declare pandemic

LONDON (AP) — As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it's plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic — a serious global outbreak.