Covid Surveillance

• WHO head ‘very concerned’ about COVID deaths as emergency declaration call looms

  As the World Health Organization prepares to decide whether COVID-19 remains a global emergency, key pandemic indicators show from the virus deaths are rising globally.

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  Jan 24, 2023
  
• Will 2023 be the year COVID-19 becomes endemic in Canada? Experts weigh in

  Will 2023 be the year the emergency phase of the COVID pandemic is declared over and that Canada recognizes the virus as endemic? Experts say it's a complicated question.

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  Jan 1, 2023
  
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• New COVID variant could emerge amid drop in surveillance, vaccination, WHO warns

  A growing decline in COVID-19 surveillance and vaccination could open the door to a new variant of concern, the World Health Organization says.

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  Dec 2, 2022
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• COVID-19 remains a global health emergency, WHO says

  Despite a decline in cases and deaths from COVID-19 worldwide, the World Health Organization says the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern.

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  Oct 19, 2022
• World is ‘blind’ to COVID spread, WHO warns. Where does Canada stand?

  The head of the WHO is urging countries to maintain surveillance of COVID infections, saying the world was "blind" to how the virus is spreading because of falling testing rates.

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  Apr 26, 2022