世界衛(wèi)生組織總干事譚德塞5日宣布，新冠疫情不再構成“國際關注的突發(fā)公共衛(wèi)生事件”。譚德塞當天在日內瓦舉行的記者會上表示，過去一年多以來，疫情呈下降趨勢，人群在接種疫苗和感染后免疫力增強，死亡率下降，衛(wèi)生系統(tǒng)壓力得到緩解。

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO's highest alert level.

世界衛(wèi)生組織5日宣布，新冠疫情不再構成“國際關注的突發(fā)公共衛(wèi)生事件”，解除最高級別警報。

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, made the announcement at a virtual press conference from Geneva.

世衛(wèi)組織總干事譚德塞在于日內瓦舉行的新聞發(fā)布會上宣布了上述決定。

The WHO has outlined three objectives in the report: reduce the circulation of SARS-CoV-2; diagnose and treat COVID-19 to reduce mortality, morbidity and long-term sequelae; support countries as they transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID-19 disease prevention, control and management.

世衛(wèi)組織在報告中概述了三個目標：減少新冠病毒傳播；診斷和治療新冠肺炎以降低死亡率、發(fā)病率和長期后遺癥；支持各國將防控新冠疫情從應急模式過渡到長期的預防、控制和管理。

The lowering of alert level "does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat," he said at the press conference.

譚德塞同時指出，“這不意味著新冠疫情不再是全球健康威脅”。

"COVID-19 has changed our world and it has changed us," Tedros said at Friday's press conference, warning that the risk of new variants still remained.

譚德塞說：“新冠病毒改變了世界，也改變了我們?！彼瑫r警告說，病毒出現(xiàn)新變種的風險仍然存在。

As of May 3, 2023, there have been more than 765 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, including over 6.9 million deaths, reported to WHO, according to the UN agency's statistics.

世衛(wèi)組織數(shù)據(jù)顯示，截至今年5月3日，全球累計報告確診病例逾7.65億，死亡病例超過690萬。

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（來源：新華社  編輯：yaning）