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FILE - In this March 2, 2020, file photo, commuters and locals take a bus boat in Venice, Italy. 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/Francisco Seco, File)

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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.