<p>The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday he expected the organisation to lift the emergency status of Covid-19 sometime this year, without giving a more specific time frame.</p>.<p>The UN health agency continues to consider Covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern more than three years after its original assessment.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/booster-shots-might-not-be-helpful-biologist-1206254.html" target="_blank">Booster shots might not be helpful: Biologist</a></strong></p>.<p>"I think we will be able to lift it this year," said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. The expert committee on the pandemic's status is next due to meet in May.</p>
<p>The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday he expected the organisation to lift the emergency status of Covid-19 sometime this year, without giving a more specific time frame.</p>.<p>The UN health agency continues to consider Covid-19 a public health emergency of international concern more than three years after its original assessment.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/booster-shots-might-not-be-helpful-biologist-1206254.html" target="_blank">Booster shots might not be helpful: Biologist</a></strong></p>.<p>"I think we will be able to lift it this year," said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. The expert committee on the pandemic's status is next due to meet in May.</p>