Countries can now transition from emergency mode to managing the virus alongside other infectious diseases, the global health body said.
The World Health Organization on Friday declared that the Covid-19 pandemic was no longer a public health emergency of international concern.
On January 30, 2020, the global health body’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had declared the global outbreak of Covid-19 as a public health emergency of international concern. The virus, which was first detected in China’s Wuhan city, claimed 7 million lives around the world according to official data. However, the world health body said that it estimates the real toll to be at least 20 million.
The World Health Organization’s announcement on Friday means that countries can now transition from emergency mode to managing the virus alongside other infectious diseases.
