Editorial: Covid-19 pandemic ending, but lessons continue

Dr Tedros: It is over as a global health emergency... [but] that does not mean Covid-19 is over as a global health threat. — AFP

FOR those who have received news that the World Health Organisation announced that the was no longer a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, it should be noted that its Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned, too, that “However, that does not mean Covid-19 is over as a global health threat.”

By ending its state of global emergency, the WHO seeks to support nations globally to downgrade their control over this pandemic. Cross-border population flow will hopefully resume, while the complicated procedures of traveling will end.