{"id":16711,"date":"2023-05-05T16:58:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T16:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/covid-19-global-health-emergency-is-over-who"},"modified":"2023-05-05T17:10:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T17:10:16","slug":"covid-19-global-health-emergency-is-over-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/covid-19-global-health-emergency-is-over-who","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 global health emergency is over: WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong><\/span>The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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,&#8221; WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus told a press briefing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is, therefore, with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,&#8221; Ghebreyesus said.<\/p>\n<p>However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat, he said and added that last week the virus claimed &#8220;a life every three minutes \u2013 and that\u2019s just the deaths we know about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This virus is here to stay. It is still killing, and it is still changing. The risk remains of new variants emerging that cause new surges in cases and deaths,&#8221; he warned, urging countries to not use this news as a reason &#8220;to let down their guard, to dismantle the systems built, or to send the message to people that COVID-19 is nothing to worry about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that this declaration means that it is time for countries to transition from emergency mode to managing COVID-19 alongside other infectious diseases.<\/p>\n<p>Underlining this was not a &#8220;snap&#8221; decision, the WHO chief said: &#8220;If need be, I will not hesitate to convene another Emergency Committee should COVID-19 once again put our world in peril.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the pandemic began in December 2019, the COVID-19 infection has caused nearly 7 million deaths, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO has also recorded 765.3 million confirmed cases of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic was declared public health emergency of international concern on Jan. 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\">Eritrea<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global health emergency. &#8220;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. 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