> pandemic : an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population https://www.merria

> pandemic : an outbreak of a disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects an exceptionally high proportion of the population https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pandemic https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pandemic So a pandemic can be "local" to a country or continent. Doesn't have to be global.