From ABC News: WHO downgrades COVID-19, says it’s no longer public health emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency.
The U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to be an international crisis on Jan. 30, 2020.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the change during a media briefing held with reporters at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
But he clarified that this does not mean the pandemic is over.
“It is with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” he said. “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.”
Meanwhile…this email came to us yesterday:
From: REDACTED
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 1:56 PM
Subject: Clinics Mask Mandate
Team ,
Please note due to increased COVID-19 related cases within the local Community, masks are now REQUIRED to be worn in ALL MDG Medical & Dental Clinics and Administration Buildings at both .
Please share this with your units so that they can be prepared prior to their visit to the clinic. This is effective until further notice.
Thank you!
V/r,
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