<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organization today said that the Novel Coronavirus outbreak is a controllable pandemic if countries step up measures to tackle it.<br />'' <br />''WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had earlier acknowledged that the global outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus could now be considered a pandemic, a disease actively spreading globally. He told diplomats in Geneva that describing the outbreak as a pandemic should not mean that countries give up the fight to stop it from spreading further.<br />''<br />''Mr Tedros said, countries needed to find the right balance between protecting the health and preventing social and economic disruption.</span><br />