WHO declares the end of the global public health emergency by Covid-19
The World Health Organization declared the end of the global public health emergency for Covid-19, but indicates that the pandemic has not come to an end
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced that the WHO has declared the end of the global health emergency by Covid-19.
“Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the fifteenth time and recommended that I declare the end of the public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice,” he said.
“It has been a decision taken with caution. I will not hesitate to declare the emergency again if the situation changes,” Tedros said.
The WHO director general emphasized the understanding that the pandemic has not come to an end. Covid-19 has left, in just over three years, affected 765 million people and has caused the death of 20 million across the planet.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
"Yesterday, the 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"-@DrTedros #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/esKKKOb1TZ
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) May 5, 2023
Source: dpa
(Reference image source: WHO, Europa Press / dpa)
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