The WHO has declared the end of pandemic phase of COVID‐19: Way to come back in the normal life

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has resulted in significant global mortality and morbidity affecting millions of lives. As healthcare authorities worldwide are still paying substantial attention to COVID‐19, other diseases continue to cause more deaths than COVID‐19. The decreasing number of COVID‐19 cases and deaths indicates that the pandemic is close to the end. For effective pandemic management, healthcare facilities worldwide have established COVID‐19 units and testing facilities, instituting infection prevention and control measures, and employing telehealth services. Healthcare professionals have identified some promising treatments for COVID‐19; also, mass vaccinations have improved patient outcomes. Instead of COVID‐19 as a pandemic, it is time to pay more attention to other diseases to lessen their impact on public health. Therefore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the pandemic phase of COVID‐19 considering the current COVID‐19 situation and our preparedness, past pandemic experience, and long pandemic impact on social and economic life on May 5, 2023. In this article, we briefly discussed the present challenges due to COVID‐19, necessary precautions, and future directions to return to life as before COVID‐19.

Historical evolution of healthcare systems of post-soviet Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan: A scoping review

“… Efforts to improve reproductive health were made. Azerbaijan [ [21] , [22] , [23] , 30 ] Healthcare reform was delayed by a war conflict with Armenia. The shift of healthcare from hospitals to ambulatory settings has occurred.…”

“…Subsequently, there were no abrupt increases in excess mortality rates, although no country had returned to baseline levels by early May 2023, when the WHO officially declared the end of the COVID-19 pandemic ( Fig. 11 ) [ 30 ].Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light a notable reluctance on the part of local administrations to accurately ascertain the true extent of cases and fatalities [ 31 ]. Hence, a notable disparity existed between the mortality figures officially recorded and the extra mortality, indicating potential manipulation of data.…”

Modelling and Forecasting the COVID-19 Mortality Rates in Malaysia by using ARIMA Model

“…National Vaccination Programs that focused on older people and high-risk population during the early of vaccination campaign has shown a decline number in ICU admission among these population [14]. Currently, the trends from all over the world have shown a decreasing number of COVID-19 cases [15,16]. Therefore, it is not surprising if forecasting result show a decrease in number of COVID-19 cases in the future.…”

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“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) continues to be a global health threat. 1,2 Public health measures, population immunization, and the development of effective vaccines contributed to decreasing SARS-CoV-2 virus circulation, disease severity, and associated mortality. 3 However, vaccine-and infection-induced immunity progressively wanes, 4,5 and new, highly contagious SARS-CoV-2 variants and subvariants that escape from vaccine-induced immunity continue to emerge.…”