The WHO Emergency Committee met on Thursday and recommended that the United Nations declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern that has been raging for more than three years.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said
“I declare…the end of COVID-19 as an international health emergency,” he said, adding that the end of the state of emergency does not mean the end of the threat that COVID poses to people. global health.
The WHO Emergency Committee first declared COVID-19 its highest alert level more than three years ago on January 30, 2020. The designation helps draw international attention to the health threat and promotes cooperation on vaccines and treatments.
The World Health Organization has said the lifting of COVID-19 from emergencies is a sign of the progress the world has made in these areas, but it is still here and will remain, even if it is no longer a ‘an emergency.
“Covid has changed the world, it has changed us. And that’s the way things should be. If we go back to how things were before Covid-19, it will mean we haven’t learned the lesson, and future generations will let us down,” Gebresos said.
WHO data showed the death rate from the disease has slowed from a peak of more than 100,000 people per week in January 2021 to just over 3,500 in the week ending. on April 24, 2023.
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