WHO previously said that in the COVID-19 situation, we are in both PHEIC and a pandemic situation. However, the PHEIC and the term pandemic hold meanings that are very different from each other. Read this story by CEBacligINQ to know more.
He said the emergency committee met for a 15th time and recommended that he declare an end to the classification of COVID as a PHEIC. “I have accepted that advice,” he said.
“And millions more continue to live with the debilitating effects of post-COVID-19 condition. This virus is here to stay. It is still killing, and it’s still changing. The risk remains of new variants emerging that cause new surges in cases and deaths,” he continued.Data from WHO showed that as of May 3, there are 765,222,932 confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide. Of those, at least 6,921,614 were fatal.
At a meeting last January 27, the IHR Emergency Committee acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic might be at a “transition point” but kept its PHEIC status. “The idea of declaring a PHEIC… is to coordinate that immediate action before the event becomes even bigger and potentially becomes a pandemic,” said Maria Van Kherkove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, in a statement.
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