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COVID19 no longer a global health emergency: WHO

Darpan News Desk IANS, 05 May, 2023 10:22 AM

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

Yesterday, the #COVID19 Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice.

With great hope I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) May 5, 2023

But even though the emergency phase is over, he's emphatic the pandemic hasn't ended, noting recent spikes in cases in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

The W-H-O says thousands of people are still dying from the virus every week, and millions of others are suffering from debilitating, long-term effects.

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