World Health Organization on Friday downgraded the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it no longer represents a global health emergency.
WHO Emergency Committee met earlier Thursday and recommended that the UN agency announce a halt public emergency medical care of international anxiety that was in place for over three years after it first appeared in Wuhan, China.
announcement is the main step closer to the end of the pandemic that killed more more than 6.9 million people violated global economy and devastated communities.
“That’s why with great hope i announce COVID-19 over How global health emergency,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, adding of The emergency didn’t mean COVID was over How global health threat.
WHO Emergency Committee first stated that COVID represents him highest level of anxiety more than three years ago on Jan 30, 2020 Status Helps You Focus international attention on threat to health, as well as strengthening cooperation on vaccines and treatments.
Raise it is sign of V progress V world It has made in The WHO has said that COVID-19 is not going anywhere, even if it no longer constitutes an emergency.
“COVID has changed in the world and he has changed us. And this way This should be. If we go back To how everything was before COVID-19, we will have failed to learn our lessons and failed our future generations”Gebreyesus said.
death rate slowed down from peak of more than 100,000 people in Week in January 2021 to just over 3500 in a week of April 24, 2023, according to WHO.
WHO does not announce start or end of pandemic, although it was start using V term for COVID-19 in March 2020.
Last year, US President Joe Biden said the pandemic over. Like a number of another countriesworld largest economy began dismantling its internal state of emergency for COVID, which means he will stop paying for vaccines among other benefits.
Similar measures have been taken in other regions. steps. European Union stated in April last year emergency phase of The pandemic has been over and the African head, Matshidiso Moeti, said in December was time move to routine management of COVID on the continent.
The end of the emergency may mean that international collaborative or funding efforts also completed or changed in attention, although many already adapted as the pandemic receded in different regions.
