Earlier on Wednesday, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

The WHO announcement came during a nighty press conference by Italy's Civil Protection Department, when official tallies of cases, fatalities and recoveries are released to the media and the public.

"The declaration of a pandemic doesn't change anything for us since we have been among the first to experience the epidemic in our country," Gianni Rezza, who directs the National Institute of Health (ISS) Infectious Diseases Department, told reporters.

"The point the WHO is making is that some countries have not done enough to contain it," Rezza said. "China has done a lot to contain the infection, (South) Korea is doing all it can, as is Japan ... On a personal note, a more decisive reaction by the European Union would be desirable."

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