On Friday the @WHO's Emergency Committee on #Covid19 met for the 14th time. Their report was just published and they recommend keeping #covid19 as a public health emergency of international concern (#PHEIC) for now:
who.int/news/item/30-0…
who.int/news/item/30-0…
@WHO But they also say "that the COVID-19 pandemic may be approaching an inflexion point" and recommend that WHO and partners "should develop a proposal for alternative mechanisms to maintain the global and national focus on COVID-19 after the PHEIC is terminated"
@WHO "The Committee also requested the WHO Secretariat to provide an assessment regarding the regulatory implications for developing and authorizing vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics if the PHEIC were to be terminated in the coming months."
@WHO .@DrTedros followed that recommendation, determining that the #covid19 pandemic still constitutes a PHEIC.
But as it says in @WHO's statement on this:
But as it says in @WHO's statement on this:
@WHO @DrTedros "The Director-General acknowledges the Committee’s views that the COVID-19 pandemic is probably at a transition point and appreciates the advice of the Committee to navigate this transition carefully and mitigate the potential negative consequences."
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