The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said that the COVID-19 pandemic, which took the lives of millions of people in a span of three years, deepened inequalities and wreaked economic havoc, is no longer a global health emergency.
It is “with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency”, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus while speaking to reporters, as he estimated that the pandemic had killed “at least 20 million” people, which is threefold the official estimate.
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(With inputs from agencies)
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