The World Health Organization is making it official — announcing the end of the global health emergency more than 3 years into the COVID-19 pandemic.
But WHO calling an end to its"public health emergency of international concern" reflects declining case numbers, fewer hospitalizations, and greater immunity.
We've come a long way since the agency first declared COVID an emergency on Jan. 30, 2020, and a pandemic on March 11 that same year. Before you celebrate, however, take a moment to reflect on the global impact of COVID. The WHO says of COVID have been reported worldwide, including nearly 7 million deaths.
"But we know the [death] toll is several times higher, at least 20 million," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said during a media briefing today."Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every 3 minutes." "What this news means is that it is time for countries to transition from emergency mode to managing COVID-19 alongside other infectious diseases," he said.
The U.S. government is expected to follow suit and allow its public health emergency to expire on May 11. In a practical sense, that will likely mean an end to cost-free home COVID test kits and complete insurance coverage for laboratory testing and other public health measures.
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