The Committee emphasized the importance of maintaining capacities developed during the COVID-19 response and continuing to strengthen health system resilience.
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国际关注的突发公共卫生事件状态
Status of the PHEIC
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委员会一致认为，COVID-19仍然是一种危险的传染病，有可能对健康和卫生系统造成重大损害。
The Committee agreed that COVID-19 remains a dangerous infectious disease with the capacity to cause substantial damage to health and health systems.
The Committee discussed whether the continuation of a PHEIC is required to maintain global attention to COVID-19, the potential negative consequences that could arise if the PHEIC was terminated, and how to transition in a safe manner.
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委员会承认COVID-19大流行可能正在接近拐点。
The Committee acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic may be approaching an inflexion point.
Achieving higher levels of population immunity globally, either through infection and/or vaccination, may limit the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on morbidity and mortality, but there is little doubt that this virus will remain a permanently established pathogen in humans and animals for the foreseeable future.
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因此，迫切需要采取长期的公共卫生行动。
As such, long-termpublic health action is critically needed.
While eliminating this virus from human and animal reservoirs is highly unlikely, mitigation of its devastating impact on morbidity and mortality is achievable and should continue to be a prioritized goal.
Moving forward past the PHEIC requires a focused commitment of WHO, its Member States and international organizations to developing and implementing sustainable, systematic, long-term prevention, surveillance, and control action plans.
WHO’s guidance, developed with support from relevant technical and advisory groups, should be consistent, and should support States Parties in taking actions and managing the implications of this transition.