Is it redundant to say "global pandemic"? [duplicate]

It seems that the word pandemic is generally understood to refer to a large or global geographic area. Is it therefore redundant to say "global pandemic" in a sentence such as, "The restaurant is closed due to the global pandemic," or is "pandemic" by itself more stylistically correct?

Note that my question is specifically about "pandemic" versus "global pandemic," not "epidemic" as in the question Pandemic, Global Epidemic, Epidemic, Endemic.

Merriam Webster Unabridged^[1] says for pandemic (adj):

pan·dem·ic (adjective): occurring over a wide geographic area and affecting an exceptionally high proportion of the population.

Wiktionary^[2] says:

(epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.

The WHO Director-General said on March 11:

There are now more than 118,000 cases in 114 countries, and 4,291 people have lost their lives. … We have therefore made the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic.

^[1] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, s.v. “pandemic,” accessed June 15, 2020, http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com.

^[2] Wiktionary contributors, "pandemic," Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=pandemic&oldid=59469551 (accessed June 15, 2020).

As one U.S. expert on infectious diseases noted:

“Pandemics mean different things to different people,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said in February. “It really is borderline semantics, to be honest with you.”

The declaration of a pandemic by the World Health Organization, which it did for Coved-19 on March 11, 2020, may have significance in itself in alerting governments to the situation and requiring or recommending a variety of actions (e.g., to protect health workers) by health authorities. It may also justify actions such as closing down airpots. To this extent, it’s a pandemic if WHO declares it to be one.

https://time.com/5791661/who-coronavirus-pandemic-declaration/

Is a pandemic necessarily global? Apparently not; it can be more or less global. Shades of grey. It could miss some significant places, and so be partly global, totally global, etc.