It's a pandemic, Tedros says
Took them long enough.
Reuters, citing sources, says the death toll in the Lombardy region of Italy has risen to 617 today from 468 yesterday.
Spain is up to 2188 cases and 49 deaths.
The market really shouldn't be reacting to this, it's obviously a pandemic, but here we are. The S&P 500 lost about 40 points on this to 113.
