WHO Says COVID-19 Is Still a Global Health Emergency, at ‘Transition Point’

WHO Says COVID-19 Is Still a Global Health Emergency, at ‘Transition Point’
A sign of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 24, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday stated that the COVID-19 pandemic is still an emergency—three years after it started spreading worldwide from China.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he hoped the world would transition from the emergency phase in 2023. But his United Nations-backed agency indicated that it’s not time yet.

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