Coronavirus Officially Declared A Pandemic

GBH News: The World Health Organization officially declared the spread of the novel coronavirus a pandemic Wednesday as countries around the globe enacted a range of policies to tamper down on transmission, such as banning large scale gatherings. But many questions remain in the United States, where the White House has sent mixed messages about the situation’s severity and the nation’s current testing capabilities and state leaders have taken a range of moves at differing speeds. Video with Eric McNulty.