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WHO's given up on COVID?
Published 2 years, 11 months ago
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With the World Health Organisation (WHO) announcing that COVID-19 is no longer a "global health emergency", you'd be forgiven for thinking the pandemic's over.
But alas, it isn't.
According to WHO, the "emergency" phase is over but COVID will remain a persistent threat for a lot longer, saying the disease is still killing someone every three minutes.
So how can COVID no longer be an emergency, but also remain so deadly?