SHENZHEN: While the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an end to the global emergency status for COVID-19, the virus remains harmful and China will continue to monitor it while increasing vaccinations among high-risk groups, a top Chinese health official said.
on Friday, more than three years after its original declaration, saying countries should now manage the virus along with other infectious diseases.
China held on to its zero tolerance for COVID-19 long after most countries started to live with the virus, and only began to abandon its restrictive policies in late 2022.and claimed the world's lowest fatality rate, though experts have questioned Beijing's data.
But it was only after Tedros described the worsening COVID-19 situation as a pandemic on Mar 11, 2020, that many countries woke up to the danger. "We must promise ourselves and our children and grandchildren that we will never make those mistakes again."
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