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global health emergency, but the declaration comes with a warning. on wall street, the dow jumps 400 points this morning with good news from the banking industry, and a jobs report that beat most expectations. overnight, a major twist in one of the bloodiest fights in ukraine, in a furious announcement posted online, the head of russia s wagner mercenary group threatens to pull his troops out of bakhmut next week. at the southern border, officials say more than 2,000 migrants a day are now apprehended, just in the rio grande valley area. we re live with new video of just how desperate the situation is for men, women and children as the secretary of homeland security visits the area. and now to breaking news, the world health organization making a major announcement about the status of the covid-19 pandemic. the director general says more than a year now the pandemic has been on a downward trend and that the emergency committee that has been analyzing the data re ....
Been on a downward trend and that the emergency committee that has been analyzing the data recommended yesterday he downgrade the threat. in a statement, he says, quote, it is therefore with great hope that i declare covid-19 over as a global health emergency. joining us now is dr. kavita patel, former obama white house policy director. always a pleasure to see you. how significant and important is this announcement? yeah, jose, i can t think of anything more significant because this really was the committee that was looked to by countries all around the world, for how they should act or what they should be doing at the country level. the world health organization making this declaration, and, again, as you iterated, not the end of the pandemic, but the end of declaring it an emergency of international concern. so, just to take this into effect, this has been in place since january 30th of 2020 and i estimate that at least 20 million people around the world have died from the disease ....