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COVID-19 global health emergency is over, says World Health Organization

by Lorraine Carpenter

6.9 million deaths later (and counting), the WHO has declared the end of the global health emergency.

Over three years since the COVID-19 pandemic started its spread around the world, killing 6.9 million people (including 52K in Canada), the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the global health emergency is over.

Coronavirus, however, remains “a global health threat” according to WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus, adding that “last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes — and that’s just the deaths we know about.”

COVID-19 global health emergency is over, says World Health Organization

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.