COVID-19 infections on the rise with 1,811 cases and 10 deaths last week

[anrcaccount]

WHO declares COVID-19 over as a global health emergency. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65499929

 

 

"Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I've accepted that advice. It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," Dr Tedros said.

[onthedarkside]

2 minutes ago, anrcaccount said:

WHO declares COVID-19 over as a global health emergency. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65499929

 

 

"Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I've accepted that advice. It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," Dr Tedros said.

 

[sidneybear]

8 hours ago, anrcaccount said:

WHO declares COVID-19 over as a global health emergency. 

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65499929

 

 

"Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I've accepted that advice. It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency," Dr Tedros said.

About time too. Hopefully the world will move on.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Worth reading and hearing Tedros' entire message re COVID:

 

"Tedros emphasized that this declaration does not mean COVID-19 is no longer a threat. “The worst thing any country could do now is to use this news as a reason to let down its guard, to dismantle the systems it has built, or to send the message to its people that COVID-19 is nothing to worry about,” he said.

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"A few thousand deaths are still being reported to the agency every week, and some models estimate that excess mortality is still at about 10,000 deaths a day worldwide."

 

https://www.science.org/content/article/who-ends-pandemic-emergency-covid-19-deaths-fall

 

And as the above article notes, in the U.S., about 1,100 mostly older people are still dying of COVID-19 every week, though the good news is, that's at a rate that's the lowest since the start of the pandemic.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Let's wait and see what Thailand's upcoming weekly COVID hospitalizations and deaths statistics are when released in a few days.

 

Last week showed a 10-fold increase in COVID hospitalizations compared to the start of April, and a fifth consecutive week of rising COVID hospitalizations.