WHO downgrades COVID-19, says it’s no longer public health emergency

Written by on May 5, 2023

WHO downgrades COVID-19, says it’s no longer public health emergency
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(GENEVA) — The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency.

The U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to be an international crisis on Jan. 30, 2020.

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