World Health Organisation warns of ongoing danger of coronavirus circulation worldwide

The World Health Organisation (WHO) regularly conducts risk assessments for graded emergencies in accordance with the WHO Emergency Response Framework.

Since January 2020, WHO conducted global risk assessments for COVID-19 every three months, Caliber.Az reports via the message posted on the WHO’s website.

With the lifting of the public health emergency of international concern, WHO has shifted to producing COVID-19 risk assessments every six months.

WHO announced in its report that the circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus among humans and animals poses a threat of new dangerous viruses emerging. Under the current risk assessment, the global public health risk associated with COVID-19 remains high. 

SARS-CoV-2 circulation continues at significant levels, however, as indicated by percent test positivity from sentinel sites and wastewater sampling.  The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic began with an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and on March 11, it was officially declared a pandemic. As of January 2025, over 777 million cases have been reported worldwide.

By Naila Huseynova