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The Covid-19 pandemic, which for over three years has killed millions of people, wreaked economic havoc and deepened inequalities, no longer constitutes a global health emergency, says World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. SOUNDBITE
Preliminary data doesn't indicate that the Omicron variant is "more severe" than Delta, says Michael Ryan, the World Health Organization's emergencies director. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the world is in a "race against time" to understand the new Covid variant, calling for precautions to give scientists time to analyse the Omicron strain. She speaks during a visit to Latvia with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg IMAGES
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
"Recent data makes clear that protection against mild and moderate disease has decreased over time," US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says of vaccines against Covid-19 at a White House Covid-19 Response Team briefing, as the US authorizes booster shots for all Americans from September 20 starting eight months after an individual has been fully vaccinated. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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