A senior Chinese health official said that the Corona virus remains a danger despite the World Health Organization declaring an end to the global emergency, noting that China will continue to monitor the virus and increase vaccinations among the most vulnerable groups.
The World Health Organization ended its highest COVID-19 alert level on Friday, more than three years after its original announcement, saying countries must now treat the virus as other infectious diseases.
A spokeswoman for the World Health Organization told Al-Hurra TV earlier that announcing the end of the state of emergency represented by Covid does not mean the end of the virus itself.
The spokeswoman explained that despite the decline in numbers, the Covid 19 virus is still claiming lives, she said.
Liang Wannian, head of the Expert Committee on Dealing with Covid under the National Health Commission of China, said that ending the state of emergency does not mean that Covid will disappear, but that its impact can now be effectively controlled, according to Reuters.
He added that China will continue to monitor virus mutations, promote vaccines among the most vulnerable groups, and look forward to improving treatment capabilities for the disease.
China stuck to the “zero Covid” policy for a long time after most countries began to live with the virus and only began to abandon its restrictive policies in late 2022.
In February, China’s top leaders announced a “decisive victory” against Covid and recorded the lowest death rate in the world, but experts questioned China’s data.
2023-05-06 05:36:15
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