<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency. WHO's International Health Regulations Emergency Committee discussed the pandemic at its 15th meeting on Covid-19, and WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus concurred that the declaration of public health emergency of international concern should end. The statement is a major step towards ending the pandemic and comes three years after the global health agency first declared its highest level of alert over the virus.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The organization declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a public health emergency of international concern in January 2020, about six weeks before characterizing it as a pandemic. During a press conference, WHO Chief said, for more than a year the pandemic has been on a downward trend. The virus' death rate had dropped from a peak of more than 1 lakh people per week in January 2021 to just over 3,500 on 24th of April. Dr. Tedros said, at least 7 million people died in the pandemic. He, however, said the true figure was likely closer to 20 million deaths – nearly 3 times the official estimate. He also warned that the virus is evolving and remains a global health threat, but at a lower level of concern. </span></p>