The World Health Organization announced on Friday it would declare an end to the global COVID-19 emergency, urging countries to begin transitioning their response to a virus that it warns still remains a global health threat.
of the virus — that had been stood up earlier in the pandemic will also be changed or ended.
Houssin said the WHO would instead activate a never-before-used provision within its international health regulations to form a committee tasked with"standing recommendations rather than just temporary recommendations" on how countries should respond to COVID-19's ongoing threat. He urged countries not to allow capacities built up in response to the pandemic to"go to waste." The WHO's Dr. Mike Ryan said he hoped the move would help spur on current international negotiations over a new pandemic accord. Talks have been ongoing at a fifth summit that is expected to wrap up this month over the agreement, which aims to reform responsibilities and roles for responding to public health threats at the WHO and between countries.
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