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How Coronavirus Became a Global Pandemic | WSJ
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lauren.huang posted on 2020/05/28Ever wondered how COVID-19 went from a local outbreak to a global pandemic? This video breaks down the fascinating timeline, from the Wuhan outbreak to international travel and quarantine measures. You'll pick up essential vocabulary related to public health and understand key concepts like community transmission!
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exposure
US /ɪkˈspoʒɚ/
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UK /ɪk'spəʊʒə(r)/
- Noun
- Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
- Being talked about in the media
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US /stren/
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UK /streɪn/
- Transitive Verb
- To remove the water from (food) using a colander
- To injure a muscle, leg etc. by using it too much
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Injury to a muscle, leg etc. through overuse
- Type or variation of a disease or bacillus
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US /dɪˈziz/
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UK /dɪˈzi:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
- Transitive Verb
- To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
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US /sprɛd/
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UK /spred/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
- The distance between two things
- Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)
- To place over a large area; to cover a large area
- (Of ideas, gossip) to pass to and affect others
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