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An uproar has been caused about the use of aspartame, one of the most well-known and widespread artificial sweeteners in the world, since concern is growing whether it is a carcinogenic substance.

Selected moments from the Event 201 pandemic tabletop exercise hosted by The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in partnership with the World Economic Forum and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on October 18, 2019, in New York, NY. The exercise has now raised questions among those most sceptical as to how and why the current pandemic has struck the globe.

The deadly coronavirus has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization.

WHO leader Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today said: “We have never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus.”

“And we have never before seen a pandemic that can be controlled at the same time.

“WHO has been in full response mode since we were notified of the first cases”.

WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the announcement at a press conference Wednesday.

The organization did not take this decision lightly, he said, adding that countries can still change the course of the pandemic.

There are now over 118,000 cases of Covid-19 in 114 countries around the world.