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After 2 years, pandemic 'far from over'

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO’s director-general says it is nowhere near the end as nations seek to lift restrictions.

People wearing masks as they walk through Central Park Simion Bărnuțiu in Romania's Cluj-Napoca
People wearing masks as they walk through Central Park Simion Bărnuțiu in the northwestern Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca in late December 2020 (AN/Nuță Lucian)

GENEVA (AN) — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization’s director-general says it is nowhere near the end as nations seek to move past the lockdowns, testing and other restrictions they've imposed to curb the spread of the virus.

"This Friday marks two years since we said that the global spread of COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic. As a reminder, we made that assessment six weeks after we declared COVID-19 a global health emergency," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press briefing.

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