It is"with great hope that I declare Covid-19 over as a global health emergency", WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters, estimating that the pandemic had killed"at least 20 million" people - nearly three times the official estimate.
But, Tedros warned, the decision did not mean the danger was over, cautioning that the emergency status could be reinstated if the situation changes. The UN health agency first declared the so-called public health emergency of international concern over the crisis on 30 January 2020.
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