When Will The COVID-19 Pandemic End? WHO: Still A Long Time!

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JAKARTA - A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the COVID-19 pandemic was 'far from over', citing a spike in cases in WHO's latest weekly data.

Reporting from Reuters via Antara, Friday, March 18, the UN health agency once said that the acute phase of the pandemic could end this year.

But it depends on how quickly the vaccination target of 70 percent of the population in each country is achieved, which is one factor.

Asked at a news conference in Geneva about when the pandemic would end, Margaret Harris said "it's still a long time".

"For sure we are in the middle of a pandemic," he said.

According to WHO, COVID-19 cases worldwide began to increase last week after more than a month of decline

In Asia, the COVID-19 lockdown has been imposed. Meanwhile, China's Jilin province is struggling to contain the outbreak.

The WHO said a variety of factors contributed to the spike, including the highly contagious Omicron variant and its BA.2 sub-variant and the removal of social and public health regulations.