Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, many challenges remain

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March 11th, 2022

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Friday marks two years since the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 crisis a global health pandemic. Dr. Carlos del Rio, a distinguished professor of medicine and the executive associate dean of Emory University School of Medicine at Grady Health System; Dr. Lynn Paxton, the district health director at the Fulton Board of Health; and Dr. Jacob Eichenberger, a pediatrician at Augusta University Medical Center, talked with “Closer Look” program host Rose Scott about the past, present and future of combating the coronavirus. (Photos courtesy of the guests listed above)

Two years ago, the World Health Organization declared the rapidly-intensifying coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

In the time since, millions of people around the world have lost their lives to wave after wave of infection, and nearly every aspect of everyday life has been changed in some way.

“Although reported cases and deaths are declining globally, and several countries have lifted restrictions, the pandemic is far from over and it will not be over anywhere until it’s over everywhere,” said WHO head Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a press briefing this week.

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