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Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organisaiton (WHO)declared on Friday...
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare COVID19 over as a global health emergency, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General..
The decision he said was taken after the emergency committee reviewed the situation and recommended declaring an end of public health emergency of International concern...
However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes and thats just the deaths we know about...
For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward trend, with population immunity increasing from vaccination and infection, mortality decreasing and the pressure on health systems easing..
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