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WHO chief thinks COVID-19 emergency will be lifted this year

Reuters / 11:17 PM April 06, 2023

WHO chief thinks COVID-19 emergency will be lifted this year

Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday he expected the organization to lift the emergency status of COVID-19 sometime this year, without giving a more specific time frame.

The U.N. health agency continues to consider COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern more than three years after its original assessment.

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“I think we will be able to lift it this year,” said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. The expert committee on the pandemic’s status is next due to meet in May.

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