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The World Health Organization appreciated on Monday that the pandemic is at a “transition point” but Covid-19 remains a global health emergency. WHO’s advisory committee said in a statement it urged WHO to propose “alternative mechanisms to maintain the global and national focus on COVID-19 after the PHEIC is terminated.” They also advised that coutries should continue vaccinating people and maintain a strong health care system.
WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also declared „there is little doubt that this virus will remain a permanently established pathogen in humans and animals for the foreseeable future”, so „long-term public health action is critically needed.
