Approximately 7 million lives were lost. It devastated schools, communities, and children. Now, the World Health Organization has made a historic announcement. According to the WHO, it’s no longer a global health emergency.
USA Today reports, “WHO declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020, when only 100 cases were reported, and the virus had no official name, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a news conference Friday.”
Now, three years later, the pandemic has continued on a downward trend. Many schools and communities are seeing life return to normal if it hasn’t already. The WHO released a statement, saying that it’s with great hope that they declare it is no longer a global emergency.
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However, that doesn’t mean that COVID is over. The statement went on to announce that the virus is still here. It reportedly took one life every three seconds last week worldwide. It’s still causing deaths, and it continues to change.
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That also doesn’t mean we’ll never see it again declared a global health emergency. According to USA Today, “The virus has caused an estimated 764 million cases globally, and about 5 billion people have received at least one dose of vaccine. The director said he wouldn’t hesitate to reconvene experts to reassess the situation should COVID-19 “put our world in peril.’”
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The United States may also be seeing the end of the measures put in place for the pandemic such as vaccine and mask mandates. President Joe Biden signed legislation set to end the emergency in the United States on May 11. This means we’ll see changes implemented regarding responding to the pandemic.
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