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WHO's conundrum: when and how to declare the COVID-19 pandemic over?

Three years to the day since it was declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), WHO’s Emergency Committee said on Monday that it remains so.

Three years later, is COVID-19 still a public health emergency of international concern?

Last year, WHO’s chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said he hoped to see an end to the crisis in 2023, but his early optimism has recently been dampened by rising infection and death rates.

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