CBS News reports today that World Health Organization (“WHO”) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has officially declared that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency. The COVID-19 pandemic upended national economies and killed at least million persons worldwide.
According to the WHO, more than 13 billion doses of various COVID-19 vaccines have been administered around the globe, but some will become ill even after receiving vaccinations.
The CBS News report may be read HERE.
CNN is also reporting in this matter. WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus said that “[f]or more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend” allowing “most countries to return to life as we knew it before COVID-19.”
The CNN report may be read HERE.
As for the United States, President Joe Biden signed H.J. Resolution 7 on April 10, 2023, terminating the COVID-19 national public health emergency declared in the US on March 13, 2020. H.J. Res 7 – Congressional Joint Resolution Ending US COVID-19 Health Emergency – Approved April 10, 2023
