Covid-19: the pandemic “is no longer a health emergency”… the WHO raises its maximum alert

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The Director General of the World Health Organization made the announcement this Friday, May 5, believing that the pandemic which has killed at least 20 million people was now sufficiently under control.

The World Health Organization lifted its highest level of alert on the Covid-19 pandemic this Friday, May 5, believing that it was now sufficiently under control.

“It is with great hope that I declare that Covid-19 is no longer a health emergency of international concern,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying the pandemic had done ” at least 20 million” dead, almost three times more than the official toll of his organization.

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