Thread by @cnnphilippines

THREAD: Time to brush up on terms to better understand the coronavirus pandemic 🦠 cnn.ph

The last pandemic was the H1N1 outbreak in 2009. But on March 12, the @WHO declared the novel coronavirus a pandemic cnn.ph

An outbreak is a higher-than-normal rate of occurrence of a disease cnn.ph

The recommended quarantine for #COVID19 is 14 days because it's the longest incubation period seen for similar coronaviruses cnn.ph

#COVID19 symptoms include things like fever, cough or shortness of breath cnn.ph