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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.

The Conversation

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

Irish Mirror

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.

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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.

Roll Call

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

Evening Standard

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.

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The Future of Work: 3 Companies Still Seeing Strong Growth in Remote Work

The pandemic has led to a permanent increase in remote work, and this work culture might remain longer than expected. So, investors might consider buying Zoom Video (ZM), DocuSign (DOCU), and Fiverr (FVRR), which are benefitting from this trend. Read on.

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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

The Guardian - UK

The Covid 'global health emergency' is officially over, says the World Health Organisation

The statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is a major step towards the ending of the pandemic

Wales Online

World Health Organisation declares Covid-19 pandemic 'no longer a global emergency'

The World Health Organisation held a press conference in Geneva where it declared the coronavirus pandemic is 'over as a global health emergency' after three years.

Glasgow Live

WHO downgrades Covid-19 pandemic, saying it is no longer a global emergency

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Covid-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

The National (Scotland)

WHO: COVID-19 no longer global health emergency

“For more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Axios

Covid-19 no longer a global emergency, WHO says - as it downgrades pandemic

The World Health Organisation said Covid-19 is still a global health threat

Wales Online

Covid officially no longer a global emergency according to World Health Organisation

This seismic announcement from the UN's health body marks the symbolic end to the pandemic. Despite noting the emergency phase was over, the World Health Organisation has said the spread of Covid-19 hasn't come to an end

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WHO declares end to COVID global health emergency

The World Health Organization ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on Friday more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the virus that killed more than 6.9 million people along with other infectious diseases.

The Independent UK

WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency

The World Health Organization says that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency

The Independent UK

Pete Davidson mourns death of ‘happiest and sweetest’ dog Henry: ‘Not sure I’d even be around without him’

Comedian and his family got the pup at the start of the pandemic in 2020

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India FM: Global institutions suffer from 'trust deficit'

India’s foreign minister has criticized global institutions’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic and their ability to resolve geopolitical upheaval, saying alternative forums have an opportunity to tackle such challenges

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The Guardian - UK

BA owner raises profit forecast as travel demand rebounds

IAG expects to fly almost the same passenger numbers this year as before Covid pandemic

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Weekly Must-Read: Top Chinese Digital Banks Report More Bad Loans but Higher Earnings

Ant-backed MYbank and Tencent-backed WeBank disclose higher nonperforming loan ratios amid the pandemic yet liquidity metrics remain healthy

Wales Online

Too many young people leave school in Wales without being 'functionally literate', inspectors warn

This has a significant social and economic impact on the nation, said education watchdog Estyn

The Guardian - UK

Ministers missed chances to prepare social care for a pandemic, review finds

Two-year study by Nuffield Trust and LSE says successive governments failed to make social care a priority

The Conversation

Qantas can't charge these prices forever: the challenge ahead for new chief Vanessa Hudson

Vanessa Hudson, who will replace Alan Joyce as Qantas Airlines’ chief executive in November, inherits an airline still struggling to resume services after the pandemic and border closures shuttered much of the global aviation industry in 2020.

The Independent UK

‘Momentum for social care reform risks being lost amid Government delays’

A think tank said the pandemic exposed ‘underlying fragilities’ in the social care system and ‘forced’ the issue so it is impossible to ignore.

ABC News

As tourism returns to the Pacific, there is a renewed focus on sustainable travel

Beautiful places and friendly faces have long been the selling point of Pacific tourism. But after the closure of international borders during the pandemic, environmental concerns are causing Pacific countries to resist a return to mass tourism.

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