The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that Covid-19 is still a Global state of emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared one.
The WHO’s emergency committee first issued its declaration for Covid-19 on January 30, 2020. Such a determination could help accelerate research, funding and the international public. Health measures to prevent a disease.
In recent months, the United Nations agency said that while cases were falling in many parts of the world, countries still needed to remain vigilant and promote their most vulnerable populations. they are vaccinated.
The WHO committee said: “While the public is aware that the pandemic has ended in some parts of the world, it remains a public health event that continues to adversely and strongly affect public health. health of the people of the world.
It noted that although the weekly death tolls are the lowest since the pandemic began, they are still high compared to other viruses.
“This pandemic has surprised us before and will most likely happen again,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.
The WHO’s emergency committee first issued its declaration for Covid-19 on January 30, 2020. Such a determination could help accelerate research, funding and the international public. Health measures to prevent a disease.
In recent months, the United Nations agency said that while cases were falling in many parts of the world, countries still needed to remain vigilant and promote their most vulnerable populations. they are vaccinated.
The WHO committee said: “While the public is aware that the pandemic has ended in some parts of the world, it remains a public health event that continues to adversely and strongly affect public health. health of the people of the world.
It noted that although the weekly death tolls are the lowest since the pandemic began, they are still high compared to other viruses.
“This pandemic has surprised us before and will most likely happen again,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.
