WHO declares end of international coronavirus emergency
06-05-23
The moment the world has been waiting for has arrived. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an end to the international coronavirus emergency. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom, has made the decision after the Emergency Committee recommended it to him.
1,221 days ago, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern over the Covid-19 outbreak. At that time, outside China, there were fewer than 100 reported cases and no deaths. In the three years since then, nearly seven million deaths have been reported, but WHO stresses that "the death toll is at least 20 million," laments Tedros Adhanom.
"Yesterday the Emergency Committee met for the fifteenth time and recommended that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern," says the WHO director general. "I have accepted the advice," he adds. However, he stresses that if the current situation changes, he will not hesitate to re-declare the alert.