{"id":241164,"date":"2023-05-06T20:11:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T14:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=241164"},"modified":"2023-05-06T20:11:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T14:41:42","slug":"covid-pandemic-is-no-longer-an-emergency-declares-who","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/covid-pandemic-is-no-longer-an-emergency-declares-who\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID pandemic is no longer an emergency, declares WHO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cCOVID pandemic is no longer an emergency, declares WHO\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on <b>6th May 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">global emergency status \u2013 \u2018Public Health Emergency of International Concern\u2019 or \u2018PHEIC\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the Public Health Emergency of International Concern(PHEIC)?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/explained-monkeypox-declared-public-health-emergency-by-who-what-this-means\/\"><b>Click Here to read<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>Why is Covid-19 no longer a PHEIC?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For over 12 months, Covid-19 has been on a downward trend with immunity increasing due to the highly effective vaccines developed in record time to fight the disease, and infections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Death rates have also decreased and the pressure on once-overwhelmed health systems has eased. This trend has allowed most countries to return to life as it were before COVID-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the mistakes made while combating Covid-19?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many mistakes were made, including a lack of coordination, equity and solidarity, which meant that existing tools and technologies were not best used to combat the virus.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the recommendations given by WHO?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Sustain the national capacity gains and prepare for future events to avoid the occurrence of a cycle of panic and neglect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Integrate COVID-19 vaccination into life course vaccination programmes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Bring together information from diverse respiratory pathogen surveillance data sources to allow for comprehensive situational awareness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 Continue to support research to improve vaccines that reduce transmission and have broad applicability.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cCOVID pandemic is no longer an emergency, declares WHO\u201d published in The Hindu on 6th May 2023 What is the News? The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a global emergency status \u2013 \u2018Public Health Emergency of International Concern\u2019 or \u2018PHEIC\u2019. 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