02:41Mandatory credit: WHO
The World Health Organisation announced that COVID-19 pandemic no longer represents a global health emergency, during a presser in Geneva on Friday.
"Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public-held emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice, it's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General said.
He warned that COVID-19 could still pose a threat in the future if new variants emerge and that he would not hesitate to once again convey a meeting with the emergency committee dealing with the disease "should COVID-19 once again put our world in peril."
WHO's highest level of emergency was declared on January 30, 2020, just a few weeks after China detected its first cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
It is estimated that the disease has officially claimed at least seven million lives worldwide in the past three years though the actual death toll may be much higher.
Around 764 million cases have been registered globally, while 5 billion people have reportedly received at least one dose of a vaccine.
Switzerland: COVID-19 pandemic is ‘over’ - WHO Director General
The World Health Organisation announced that COVID-19 pandemic no longer represents a global health emergency, during a presser in Geneva on Friday.
"Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public-held emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice, it's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General said.
He warned that COVID-19 could still pose a threat in the future if new variants emerge and that he would not hesitate to once again convey a meeting with the emergency committee dealing with the disease "should COVID-19 once again put our world in peril."
WHO's highest level of emergency was declared on January 30, 2020, just a few weeks after China detected its first cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
It is estimated that the disease has officially claimed at least seven million lives worldwide in the past three years though the actual death toll may be much higher.
Around 764 million cases have been registered globally, while 5 billion people have reportedly received at least one dose of a vaccine.
Mandatory credit: WHO
The World Health Organisation announced that COVID-19 pandemic no longer represents a global health emergency, during a presser in Geneva on Friday.
"Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public-held emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice, it's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's Director-General said.
He warned that COVID-19 could still pose a threat in the future if new variants emerge and that he would not hesitate to once again convey a meeting with the emergency committee dealing with the disease "should COVID-19 once again put our world in peril."
WHO's highest level of emergency was declared on January 30, 2020, just a few weeks after China detected its first cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
It is estimated that the disease has officially claimed at least seven million lives worldwide in the past three years though the actual death toll may be much higher.
Around 764 million cases have been registered globally, while 5 billion people have reportedly received at least one dose of a vaccine.