“WHO Cancels Pandemic Status for COVID-19 but Warns of Continuing Danger”

The World Health Organization on Friday, May 5, decided to cancel the status of a pandemic coronavirus COVID-19.

This was stated during a briefing by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a briefing.

He said the emergency committee had decided the day before to recommend lifting the global health emergency. At the same time, Gebreisus noted that the danger from the coronavirus has not disappeared, so it is necessary to follow the safety rules in the future.

“Last week, a person died from COVID-19 every three minutes – and these are only the deaths that we know about. Right now, thousands of people around the world are fighting the disease in intensive care, millions are living with the debilitating consequences of COVID-19. The virus is not going anywhere “It still kills and mutates. There is still a risk of new variants emerging causing disease outbreaks and deaths,” the WHO chief said.

The WHO declared coronavirus a pandemic in March 2020. On January 30 this year, WHO decided to extend the status of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic as a global emergency. In three years, the organization recorded 7 million deaths, but their real number, according to Gebreisus, can reach 20 million people.

Recall, earlier it was reported that a new strain of Covid XBB.1.18, called “Arcturus”is a sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron variant, which is the most common variant in the US.

In addition, we previously reported that US President Joe Biden signed the document “COVID-19 Origins Act of 2023».

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