FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
GENEVA, Switzerland 鈥� The COVID-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.
It is 鈥渨ith great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,鈥� WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, estimating that the pandemic had killed 鈥渁t least 20 million鈥� people 鈥� nearly three times the official estimate.
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