Authorities at the World Health Organization were among the first to sound the alarm about the coronavirus.
WHO=世界保健機関の当局は、最初に警報を発した1つでした、(新型)コロナウイルスについて。
Now, more than three years into the pandemic, they're downgrading the threat.
いま、パンデミックが始まって3年以上になり、彼らはその脅威を格下げしつつあります。
(Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus / WHO Director-General)
"Yesterday, the emergency committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the Public Health Emergency of International Concern. I have accepted that advice. It's therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency."
The WHO first classified COVID-19 as a global emergency in January 2020. Officials say as of May 3, there have been 765 million cases and close to 7 million deaths.