Assertion: new virus | /r/HasProperty | widespread
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text: It means that the new virus is widespread and is spreading efficiently in those countries, but it does not tell us how severe the virus may be," Dr. William Schaffner, the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), previously told Fox News in an email, noting WHO is ultimately responsible for designating a pandemic, as it did on Wednesday.