The World Health Organization canceled the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Statement on the fifteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations.
The main reasons are decreasing rate in COVID-19 casualties, the drop in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and admissions to intensive care units, and the high levels of SARS-CoV-2 population immunity.
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare COVID19 over as a global health emergency.
However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.
Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes – and that’s just the deaths we know about"
Dr Tedros, WHO Director-General
Globally, as of May 3, 2023, there had been over 765 mn confirmed cases of COVID-19, including almost 7 mn deaths, reported to WHO.
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