According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 is no longer a "global health emergency."
The announcement, which comes three years after it initially raised its highest level of warning over the virus, is a significant step towards putting an end to the epidemic.
As of April 24, slightly over 3,500 people had died from the illness, down from a peak of more than 100,000 per week in January 2021, according to officials.
According to the WHO director, the epidemic claimed at least seven million lives.
The real number, according to Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is "likely" closer to 20 million fatalities, which is almost three times the official estimate. He also issued a warning that the virus still poses a serious threat.
"The Emergency Committee convened for the fifteenth time yesterday, and they advised that I proclaim the public health emergency of worldwide importance to be over." That suggestion has my consent. Therefore, it is with great optimism that I proclaim COVID-19 to be a worldwide health emergency, according to Dr. Tedros.
However, he emphasized that the decision to lower the degree of alert did not indicate that the threat had passed and that the emergency status might be restored if circumstances altered.
The worst thing any nation could do right now, according to him, was let its guard down, remove the mechanisms it had put in place, or tell its citizens not to worry about COVID-19.
In January 2020, the World Health Organization proclaimed the so-called public health emergency to be of worldwide concern.
One of the key turning points in the pandemic was the development of vaccines, which shielded millions of individuals from fatal and severe illnesses.
Like many other nations, the US and UK have already discussed "living with the virus" and have scaled down many of the tests and social mixing regulations.
However, the majority of individuals in need have not received immunizations in many nations.
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