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Active COVID-19 cases in India decrease to 30,041

India recorded 2,961 COVID-19 infections in a day while active cases dipped to 30,041 from 33,232 a day earlier, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on May 6.

The Hindu

COVID global emergency over but risks remain, says China health official

While the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an end to the global emergency status for COVID-19, the virus remains harmful and China will continue to monitor it while increasing vaccinations among high-risk groups, a top Chinese health official said.

Reuters

Morning Digest | Central security forces flood crisis-hit Manipur; Jaishankar calls Pakistan Foreign Minister a promoter, spokesperson of terror industry, and more

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The Hindu

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What does the end of the COVID public health emergency mean ?

After three years, Illinois’ public health emergency for coronavirus ends Thursday. To be safe, stock up on free COVID tests while they’re available, a Chicago doctor says.

Chicago Sun-Times

'New Welfarism' becoming India's soothing balm

During the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, many Indian economists and commentators believed the economy would skyrocket as soon as life returned to normal. But, despite the country's robust recovery in the two years since the pandemic's peak, the predicted boom has not materialised, nor does it seem imminent.

Bangkok Post

College Conference Commissioners Under Pressure Like Never Before

They must deliver immediate financial rewards to their member schools or suffer the consequences.

Sports Illustrated

COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, WHO says

The World Health Organization no longer considers COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern and has brought an end to an emergency declaration that has been in place since January 2020.

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Rochelle Walensky, who led the CDC during the pandemic, resigns

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced her exit on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency.

WEKU

Gun assault rates for kids doubled in Chicago, 3 other big cities during COVID pandemic, even worse for Black children, study finds

Black children have been 100 times as likely as white children to be victims of fatal and nonfatal shootings. Pre-pandemic, they were 27 times as likely.

Chicago Sun-Times

WHO declares end to COVID-19 global health emergency

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has made a milestone declaration on the pandemic, three years after it became a global health emergency. In a

The New Daily

Rochelle Walensky Leaves a CDC That's Far More Powerful Than When She Entered It

Under Walensky, the CDC's voluntary guidance was anything but.

Reason

Explainer-Title 42: what is the US border policy and what happens when it ends?

The United States is set to lift COVID-19 restrictions on Thursday night, known as Title 42, which have been in place for three years and allow border agents to quickly expel many migrants caught crossing the border back to Mexico.

Reuters

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

The World Health Organization says COVID-19 is no longer a global emergency but the coronavirus is here to stay

The Independent UK

WHO Declares Global COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Over

It's been over for most Americans for a long time already.

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The Independent UK

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to resign her position

Ms Walensky will leave the CDC at the end of June

The Conversation

COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency – here's what that means (and what we've learned along the way)

World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have officially declared that COVID no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (Pheic). This coincides with the WHO’s new strategy to transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID disease management.

Evening Standard

How deadly is Covid-19 now as WHO ends global health emergency?

The World Health Organisation first flagged Covid-19 as an international concern in January 2020.

Irish Mirror

Covid officially no longer global health emergency, World Health Organization declares

Friday marked an end to the coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed at least 7 million people worldwide

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Reuters

Mexican president says U.S. policy change will not boost migrant numbers at border

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador does not foresee a jump in migrant flows once U.S. border restrictions are lifted next week, contrary to U.S. officials who are preparing for the possibility of a spike in illegal border crossings.

Roll Call

CDC director to depart in June - Roll Call

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky will leave her post at the end of June, the agency announced on Friday, after two years of leading the agency.

Bangkok Post

WHO declares Covid emergency over

Covid-19 no longer constitutes a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, lowering its alert level three years after the novel coronavirus began killing millions as it swept across the world.

Evening Standard

Covid no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organisation says

Global cases and death rates are a fraction of what they were at the height of the pandemic

WEKU

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down

The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, says WHO

Declaration a major step towards end of pandemic that has killed more than 6.9m people

Dublin Live

Covid-19 no longer a global health emergency, declares WHO

However, he stressed that does not mean Covid-19 is over as a global health threat

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