The World Health Organization's emergency committee unanimously agreed that now is not the time to lower the guard on COVID-19, the group's head told a press conference on Wednesday.
The WHO said the COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a public health emergency of international concern—the highest level of alert that it can sound.
GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization's emergency committee unanimously agreed that now is not the time to lower the guard on COVID-19, the group's head told a press conference on Wednesday. "The decision was unanimous that it is not yet the time," said Didier Houssin, after the committee concluded that the pandemic still constituted a public health emergency of international concern—the highest level of alert that the WHO can sound.
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