The World Health Organization has declared that COVID-19 is no longer considered a global emergency.
The pandemic, which was first declared an international crisis by WHO, the United Nations’ health agency, on Jan. 30, 2020, resulted in unprecedented lockdowns, economic upheaval and the deaths of at least seven million people worldwide and more than 52,000 people in Canada.
“It is therefore with great hope that I declare <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#COVID19</a> over as a global health emergency.<br><br>However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.<br><br>Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about”-<a href=”https://twitter.com/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>@DrTedros</a> <a href=”https://t.co/n6zad8qSdx”>pic.twitter.com/n6zad8qSdx</a>
—@WHO
Dr. Brian Conway, director of the Vancouver Infectious Disease Centre, told
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