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Keiran Fleming & Maria Cheng & Jamey Keaten,

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

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Covid-19 pandemic no longer qualifies as a global emergency.

The announcement marks a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least seven million people worldwide.

The WHO said that even though the emergency phase is over, the pandemic has not come to an end, noting recent spikes in cases in south-east Asia and the Middle East.

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