Is COVID still a major threat in Canada? Dr. Tam explains as global health emergency status dropped

Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada should no longer be managing COVID-19 as a crisis but as an 'ongoing illness.' This comes after the World Health Organization declaring COVID no longer an emergency, saying the conversations around prevention and treatment of the disease are still necessary.

The WHO made the declaration Friday, a statement health-care professionals widely anticipated.

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