Covid 19 global health emergency

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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to its three-year-long COVID-19 global health emergency on May 5, 2023, citing continuing declines in deaths and hospitalizations. The Centers for Disease Control also ended its COVID-19 public emergency on May 11. "For more than a year, the pandemic has been on a downward trend, with population immunity increasing from vaccination and infection, mortality decreasing, and the pressure on health systems easing," said WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a The pandemic's But even as the WHO global health emergency ends, nurses remain indispensable in stamping out COVID-19 over the long term — and helping prepare their workplaces, patients, and colleagues for future pandemics. “With the WHO’s announcement that COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency, they warn that the disease is here to stay, and the virus is not going away soon," says NurseJournal contributor, Joelle Y. Jean, RN, FNP-BC. "I think nurses are relieved about the announcement, but they should still continue to protect themselves and practice universal precautions. We should continue to stay hypervigilant and stay up to date with any new viruses and/or diseases that are likely to come again. I’m hoping COVID-19 has prepared us for future emergencies," she cautions. Staying Involved with COVID-19 Care Despite the decline in cases, nurses will continue to encounter and care for people with COVID-19. But nurses' involvement doesn't end there: it...

LEILA FADEL, HOST: It's official. After three years of illness and millions of deaths, the World Health Organization made a historic announcement just moments ago. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS: It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency. FADEL: The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a news conference just minutes ago. NPR global health correspondent Nurith Aizenman is here to tell us more. Hi. NURITH AIZENMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Leila. FADEL: OK. So it's been more than three years since the WHO declared this global emergency. So what does it actually mean to declare it not a global emergency anymore? AIZENMAN: Yeah, right. So back on January 30, 2020, when the coronavirus was still mainly limited to China - fewer than a hundred reported cases outside of China - the WHO's head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, used these special powers that he has under an international health agreement to declare this situation - that it was already, quote, "a public health emergency of international concern." And that's a largely symbolic move that's available to him under this international health agreement. And again, it is symbolic, but it's one that can also be incredibly powerful in terms of convening international attention and resources and just mobilization. FADEL: So does this mean the... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TEDROS: COVID-19 has turned our world upside down. Almost 7...