WHO Decides to Maintain COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Status
[Asia Economy Reporter Kwon Haeyoung] The World Health Organization (WHO) maintained the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) status for COVID-19 on the 30th (local time).
On the same day, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that he agreed with the recommendation of the WHO International Health Emergency Committee that the current situation of COVID-19 still meets the criteria for maintaining the PHEIC.
As a result, the same level of alert has continued for over three years since WHO declared COVID-19 a PHEIC in January 2020.
PHEIC is the highest level of public health alert that WHO can issue. When an outbreak of a specific disease is designated as a PHEIC, WHO can strongly promote various research, funding support, and international health measures to contain it.
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Earlier, the WHO International Health Emergency Committee held a meeting on the 27th to discuss whether to maintain the PHEIC status for COVID-19.
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