Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
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After the World Health Organization (WHO) removed the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia is ready to provide assistance and cooperate with all countries on the principles of solidarity, equality and respect for international law to prevent future pandemics. This was announced on Saturday, May 6, in the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.
“Over the past three years, the pandemic has presented an unprecedented challenge to the whole world, revealing many problems and vulnerabilities,” the statement reads. message. The department added that, despite all the difficulties and problems, the world managed to cope with this hardest blow and save millions of lives thanks to mutual support and cooperation.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also indicated that after the acute phase of the crisis has been overcome, the relevance of the post-COVID recovery remains. In particular, its socio-economic dimension. “This will require even greater cohesion from countries,” the ministry added.
As Profile.ru reported, the World Health Organization announced that cancel global pandemic status coronavirus infection, which was announced in 2020. This was announced on May 5 by the head of WHO.
The pandemic was caused by the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. The first outbreak of the disease was recorded at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared this outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. On March 11, a COVID-19 pandemic was declared.
