Spanish expert backs WHO declaration of end of COVID-19 int'l health emergency, warns virus "is still among us"
STORY: Spanish expert backs WHO declaration of end of COVID-19 int'l health emergency, warns virus "is still among us"
DATELINE: May 13, 2023
LENGTH: 00:00:36
LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain
CATEGORY: HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ANNA VILELLA, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital
2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): ANNA VILELLA, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital
STORYLINE:
A Spanish expert in epidemiology backs the World Health Organization (WHO)'s declaration of the end of COVID-19 international health emergency, and warns that the virus "is still among us."
SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ANNA VILELLA, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital
"We mustn't forget that COVID is still among us and that we can still get sick from it, but I think that it is right that the WHO has declared the global emergency over."
As for how COVID-19 might evolve, Vilella rules out a
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