On Monday, the World Health Organization said that the Covid pandemic remains an international emergency. The UN health agency's emergency committee on Covid-19 met last Friday for the 14th time since the onset of the crisis. Following that meeting, the organisation said in a statement that WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus "concurs with the advice offered by the committee regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and determines that the event continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).