Experts Say <br />COVID-19 Emergency , Could Come to an End in 2022.<br />COVID-19 may be with us forever at this point, but health officials say society as a whole could put an end to coronavirus as a <br />public health emergency in 2022.<br />We won’t end the virus this year, we won’t ever end the virus — what we can end is the public health emergency. , Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organizations<br />Health Emergencies Program, via CNBC.<br />The world is weary after nearly three years <br />of the COVID-19 onslaught.<br />It’s the death, it’s the hospitalizations, it’s the disruptions that cause the tragedy, not the virus. The virus is a vehicle. , Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organizations <br />Health Emergencies Program, via CNBC.<br />Disparate access to vaccines and health care has prolonged the pandemic. .<br />Officials say addressing societal inequities could result in a turning point in the pandemic.<br />What we need to do is get to low levels of disease incidence <br />with maximum vaccination of <br />our populations where <br />no one has to die. , Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organizations <br />Health Emergencies Program, via CNBC.<br />What we need to do is get to low levels of disease incidence <br />with maximum vaccination of <br />our populations where <br />no one has to die. , Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organizations <br />Health Emergencies Program, via CNBC.<br />The lack of availability of coronavirus vaccines in the least wealthy nations of the world is a barrier to progress in ending the pandemic, officials say.<br />As many wealthy nations now implement blanket booster dose programs, the gap of vaccine inequity widens.<br />Blanket booster programs are likely to prolong the pandemic, rather than ending it, Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization, via CNN.<br />... by diverting supply to countries that already have high levels <br />of vaccination coverage, giving <br />the virus more opportunity <br />to spread and mutate. , Tedros Adhanom, Director-General of the World Health Organization, via CNN
