Ua hōʻea mai ka hōʻailona weliweli hou i ke ahiahi Pōʻakahi, i loko o kahi pilikia, ʻōlelo nā luna olakino o ka honua he "10 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka make" ma mua o ka 2009's Swine Flu outbreak.
Ke piʻi mau nei ka nui o ka maʻi a me ka make, ʻo ka World Health Organization (WHO) ʻaʻole pono e hoʻomaha ʻia nā hana hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka wā ma mua, no ka mea ke pālahalaha wikiwiki nei ka maʻi.
"Ua ʻike mākou i kekahi mau ʻāina, ke kānalua nei nā hihia i kēlā me kēia ʻekolu a ʻehā mau lā," i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka luna o WHO ʻo Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ma kahi puʻupuʻu ma Geneva i ka Pōʻakahi, me ka ʻike ʻana he 19 mau manawa i make ai ʻo Covid-10 ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi H1N1. "Akā naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo COVID-19 ka wikiwiki loa, ʻoi aku ka lohi."