The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, says the WHO director general. A key advisory panel has found the pandemic may be nearing an 'inflection point' where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.
The coronavirus remains a global health emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Monday, after a key advisory panel found the pandemic may be nearing an "inflection point" where higher levels of immunity can lower virus-related deaths.
WHO's director Tedros 'hopeful that in the coming year, the world will transition to a new phase'WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, shown at the organization's headquarters in Geneva on Dec. 14, 2022, said Monday that while progress has been made, the coronavirus has taken the lives of at least 170,000 people in the last two months.
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