The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency.

The U.N. health agency first declared the <a class="zZyg UbGl iFzk qdXb WCDh DbOX tqUt " data-testid="prism-linkbase" tabindex="0" target="_blank" href="https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/coronavirus">coronavirus</a> to be an international crisis on Jan. 30, 2020.

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The World Health Organization said Friday it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a public health emergency.{ai:summary}The World Health Organization has announced that they are lowering COVID-19 from a global health emergency status. This news comes after the virus was initially deemed a crisis on January 30th, 2020. This is an ongoing situation, and more updates are expected in the future. Keep checking back for the latest news and updates.

WHO downgrades COVID-19, says it's no longer public health emergency

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