In 2020, many infectious diseases swept through various nations. Image source: REUTERS
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), Covid-19 is no longer a “global health emergency”.
The most recent announcement is an important turning point in the campaign to stop the epidemic after the government raised its level of alert three years ago due to the virus.
Approximately 3,500 individuals died from the illness on April 24 compared to more than 100,000 each week in January 2021, according to authorities.
The pandemic has taken the lives of at least seven million people, according to the chief of the WHO.
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Even as he declared the end of the global health emergency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a warning that the virus still presented a serious threat.
The head of the WHO stated that the true death toll may be closer to 20 million deaths, which is nearly three times greater than the official estimate of seven million deaths.
Despite this, he decided to follow the Emergency Committee’s advice and end the public health emergency after its 15th meeting.
The choice was decided after much thought and statistical analysis, according to Dr. Tedros.
The danger from Covid-19 persisted despite the termination of the public health emergency of worldwide concern, according to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the emergency designation might be renewed if required.
He urged nations to maintain the procedures they had put in place to fight the virus and issued a warning against becoming complacent.
The worst thing a nation could do at this time, according to Dr. Tedros, is to let off its guard or suggest to its citizens that Covid-19 is no longer a problem.
In January 2020, the World Health Organization first deemed Covid-19 a public health emergency of global concern.
The need for international cooperation in combating the virus and preventing its spread had been made clear by the designation of Covid-19 as a public health emergency of worldwide importance.
But now that this status has expired, it is up to each nation to choose how to handle the Covid-19 threat moving forward.
Each nation will be in charge of determining how to respond to the epidemic and how to best safeguard its inhabitants.
Vaccines have been a significant milestone in the global response to the pandemic, providing protection against severe illness and death to many people.
However, in many parts of the world, a significant proportion of the population still lack access to vaccines.
As of now, there have been over 765 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 across the world.
Countries like the US and UK have begun to ease restrictions and talked about learning to live with the virus, but the WHO has cautioned that the threat from Covid-19 remains.
Dr Mike Ryan, from the WHO’s health emergencies programme, has warned that although the emergency status has ended, the virus still poses a significant threat, and it is important for countries to maintain their guard and continue efforts to control its spread.
Even though the Covid-19 emergency status has been revoked, Dr. Mike Ryan issued a warning that the virus will still continue to spread.
He continued by saying that pandemics often cease when another one takes hold.
He used the 1918 pandemic virus as an illustration, which took decades to entirely vanish.
He highlighted how crucial it is to maintain vigilance and not let guard down in order to stop the virus’s spread and preserve lives.