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Summer Lee: “Today, the World Health Organization, declared that COVID-19 to be a pandemic, which has reached at least 114 countries…”

On the recordMarch 10, 2020
Today, the World Health Organization, declared that COVID-19 to be a pandemic, which has reached at least 114 countries, sickening over 100,000 people, and killing more than 4,000.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Jackson Lee reports on the WHO's declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic and its global impact.

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