Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy, and ravaged communities.

The WHO’s Emergency Committee met yesterday and recommended the UN agency declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern, which has been in place for over three years.

“It is therefore with great hope that...