WHO (Finally) Declares COVID Pandemic “Global Health Emergency” Over

Speaking to reporters on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the COVID pandemic "global health emergency" over.

The World Health Organization declared the COVD-19 emergency is over, ending a three-year designation it first adopted in January 2020.

The health body began using the word “pandemic” in March 2020 to alert the world to the perils of the virus, though the term bears no legal meaning.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, WHO director-general T...

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