3 minute readMay 5, 202311:13 AM EDTLast Updated 16 min ago
WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency
By Jennifer Rigby and Bhanvi Satija
LONDON, May 5 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to COVID-19 as a global health emergency, marking a major step toward the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities.
The WHO's Emergency Committee met on Thursday and recommended the UN-agency declare an end to the coronavirus crisis as a "public health emergency of international concern", which has been in place for over three years.
"The battle is not over. We still have weaknesses and those weaknesses that we still have in our system will be exposed by this virus or another virus. And it needs to be fixed," said the WHO's emergencies director Michael Ryan.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/covid-is-no-longer-global-health-emergency-who-2023-05-05/