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BBC OS: 2023/05/05 16:06 GMT: 'Covid global health emergency is over'

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'Covid global health emergency is over'

2023/05/05 16:06 GMT

2023/05/05 16:06 GMT: 'Covid global health emergency is over'

BBC World Service - BBC OS, 'Covid global health emergency is over'

The WHO has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency"

The WHO has declared that Covid-19 no longer represents a "global health emergency".

The World Health Organisation says Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency, after three years of lives and economies turned  upside down -- and millions of deaths. The WHO's head said the declaration marked a moment for celebration. We get reaction from one of our regular Covid experts.

The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group says he will pull troops out from the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Yevgeny Prigozhin says his men lack ammunition. Our regional expert explains.

We talk about why there are so many school attacks in Brazil.

Two metal detector enthusiasts who conspired to illegally sell a cache of Anglo Saxon coins have been jailed for more than five years. We speak to two metal detectorists.

Presenter: Karnie Sharp. 

(Photo: Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends an ACANU briefing on global health issues, including COVID-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine in Geneva, Switzerland, December 14, 2022. Credit: Denis Balibouse/File Photo/Reuters)

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