The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this Friday that Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency. Reuters.
The pandemic caused the death of 6.9 million people, with a negative impact on the economy and had serious social consequences.
“Yesterday [esta quinta-feira], The Committee of Emergency Situations met for the 15th time and recommended that I declare an end to the public health emergency at the international level. I took this advice. It is therefore with great hope that I declare the end of Covid-19 a global health emergency,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Reuters.
“However, this does not mean that Covid-19 has ceased to be a threat,” he warned.
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