https://www.dw.com/en/who-says-covid-19-is-no-longer-a-global-health-emergency/a-65530462
The coronavirus pandemic is over as a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said — while stressing that the virus „is here to stay.“
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WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed that the announcement does not mean COVID-19 is over as a „global health threat,“ but rather as an emergency.
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„COVID has changed the world, and it has changed us. And that’s the way it should be. If we go back to how things were before COVID-19, we will have failed to learn our lessons, and failed our future generations,“ said Tedros.
He went on to warn against „pandemic fatigue,“ saying: „This virus is here to stay, and all countries will need to learn to manage it alongside other infectious diseases.“
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