WHO declared the end of the coronavirus pandemic

WHO declared the CORONAVIRUS pandemic on March 11, 2020. Thus, the pandemic lasted 3 years 1 month and 24 days. Ghebreyesus stressed that the abolition of the state of emergency does not mean that the virusceased to pose a threat

The World HEALTH Organization is revoking pandemic status for covid-19 , said WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus. His speech was broadcast on the organization's YouTube channel.

Ghebreyesus noted that over the past year, the WHO emergency committee has been "thoroughly analyzing the data and considering when is the right time to de-escalate" the COVID-19 situation. The committee met for the 15th time yesterday and recommended that the HEAD of the WHO declare an end to the public health emergency over the spread of the coronavirus.

"I agreed. Therefore, it is with great hope that I announce that COVID-19 no longer has the status of a public health emergency,” the WHO chief said.

May 5, 11:00 Moscow time Coronavirus RUSSIA Moscow World +4215 (per day) 22.9 million Infected 0 +32 (per day) 398.5 thousand Died +577 (per day) 3.5 million Infected 0 +8 ( per day) 48.7 thousand Died +76242 (per day) 765 million Infected 0 +369 (per day) 6.9 million Died Source: JHU, federal and regional headquarters for combating the virus

Meanwhile, such a decision does not mean that the coronavirus has ceased to pose a threat, he added. “Last week, COVID-19 took a life every three minutes, and those are just the deaths we know about. As we speak, thousands of people around the world are fighting for their lives in intensive care units and millions more continue to live with the debilitating effects of the coronavirus. This virus will remain. It still kills and still mutates,” Ghebreyesus said.

WHO declared that the situation with the spread of coronavirus can be described as a pandemic in March 2020. According to the organization, which is based on official reports from the authorities, a total of 765.2 million cases of coronavirus infection have been registered in the world, 6.9 million people have died from the disease. Meanwhile, Ghebreyesus noted that the real number of victims is higher: according to WHO, 20 million people died from COVID-19.

In Russia, according to the operational headquarters, 398,000 people infected with COVID-19 have died since the beginning of the pandemic. Rosstat stopped publishing data on deaths due to coronavirus in the fall of 2022. At that time, according to the statistical service, 823.7 thousand people with coronavirus died in the country. Rosstat also took into account cases where COVID-19 was not the main cause of death.

Ghebreyesus previously noted that the pandemic taught the world three lessons that humanity needs to learn. The first is the important role of public health. The head of WHO noted that a number of countries with a developed medical system survived the pandemic worse than states with less resources and income. For example, he explained, many rich countries have forgotten the "simple art of contact tracing," while in poorer parts of the world this mechanism has been actively used because of "muscle memory" in connection with the experience of dealing with outbreaks of infections.

In addition, Ghebreyesus noted the important role of science, thanks to which it was possible to develop treatments and vaccines faster than for any other pathogen in history. Thirdly, the pandemic has shown how much cooperation between countries is necessary. “Instead of a coherent and coherent global response, the pandemic has been marked by a chaotic mix of responses,” the WHO chief said.