Epidemic v pandemic: What's the difference?

The World Health Organization has declared that the Covid-19 outbreak that originated in China can now be characterised as a pandemic.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine's Dr Rosalind Eggo looks at the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic and explains how viruses spread.

This video was originally published on 24 January 2020.

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