HEADLINE-SOCIETY: COVID no longer global health emergency: WHO

(From left) World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director-general Hanan Balkhy, WHO chief scientist John Reede, WHO assistant director-general Maria Neira, Chef de Cabinet Catharina Boehme, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO technical lead on Covid-19 Maria Van Kerkhove and WHO assistant director-general Samira Asma, attend a press conference on the World Health Organization’s 75th anniversary in Geneva, on April 6, 2023. (AFP/Fabrice Coffrini). Usage: 0(AFP/Fabrice Coffrini) Share this article Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Linkedin Nina A. Loasana (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ●   Sat, May 6, 2023

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Despite the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a global health emergency, concerns about an Arcturus-induced caseload spike in countries including Indonesia still linger.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said cases and mortality had been declining for more than a year, with population immunity increasing from vaccination and infection.

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“Mortality decreasing and pressure on the health system easing. […] It is therefore with great hope that I declare it over as a global health emergency,” Tedros said in a press briefing.

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