The World Health Organization first gave COVID its highest level of alert on January 30, 2020, and the panel has continued to apply the label ever since, at meetings held every three months.
is still an emergency under the World Health Organization’s rules, a status that helps maintain international focus on the pandemic.its highest level of alert on January 30, 2020, and the panel has continued to apply the label ever since, at meetings held every three months.
There is no consensus yet on which way the panel may rule, advisors to the WHO and external experts told Reuters. One source close to negotiations said lifting the “public health emergency of international concern”, or PHEIC, label could impact global funding or collaboration efforts. Another said that the unpredictability of the virus made it hard to call at this stage.
Karim, who is not on the WHO panel, said if the emergency status is lifted, governments should still maintain testing, vaccination and treatment programmes.
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