The World Health Organization (WHO) lifted its highest level of alert on the COVID-19 pandemic on Friday, saying it was now sufficiently under control.
“It is with great hope that I declare that COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency of international concern,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, saying the pandemic has at least 20 million” dead, almost three times more than the official toll of his organization.
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