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May 11 6 tweets 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
So #Covid19 is no longer a Public Health Event of International Concern #PHEIC . It is important to understand this DOES NOT mean it has stopped spreading or that it no longer represents a #publichealth risk or that covid related burden of disease is over. A quick explainer : 1/6
There are 3 criteria for @WHO to declare a #pheic according to the 2005 International Health Regulation: 1) an extraordinary event, 2) a public health risk to other States through the international spread, and 3) potentially requires a coordinated international response 2/6
All three criteria need to be fulfilled- once declared it triggers a specific response level globally, regionally and nationally. The status is reviewed regularly 3/6
#PHEICs are intended to help coordonating global #publichealth emergencies in their acute phase. As soon as the event is no longer unusual or unexpected (like now with COVID)- no longer a #PHEIC 4/6
It does not mean it ceases to be a #PublicHealth issue- in fact the covid burden of disease may increase. Neither cardiovascular disease nor cancer, leading causes of mortality are #pheic 5/6
Why am I writing this? Because #COVID19 not being a #pheic will be interpreted as ”covid is over” whereas preventing and managing covid19 and its long term #longcovid consequences is really only starting 6/6

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Our latest #LongCovid pre-print shows a 50-80% reduction in 7/10 most commonly reported symptoms 4-11 months following #sarscov2 infection in vaccinated adults vs those not- just in case you needed another reason to get the #vaccine medrxiv.org/content/10.110… @Dr2NisreenAlwan Image
It's also the first paper from my PhD student @atonotiku -he has done the bulk of the work so congratulations to him!
I should also add that we did not manage to attract funding for this study- and carrying on solely thanks to people’s good will- if you know any good funding sources interested in ongoing #longcovid work…
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