Pandemic
ISO/PAS 45005:2020 Occupational health and safety management — General guidelines for safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic defines a pandemic as the : ‘worldwide spread of a disease’ [SOURCE: World Health Organization, modified — The word “new” has been removed.]
It defines COVID-19 as an: 'infectious disease caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 discovered in 2019.'
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