The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the related disease (COVID-19) has been characterised by the World Health Organization (WHO) successively as a public health emergency of international concern and a global pandemic.
Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija proglasila je teški akutni respiratorni sindrom (SARS-CoV-2) i povezanu bolest (COVID-19) izvanrednim stanjem javnog zdravlja od međunarodnog značaja, odnosno globalnom pandemijom.