A PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) is defined by <a href="https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/annex-2-of-the-international-health-regulations-%282005%29" target="_blank">WHO</a> as "an extraordinary event which is...

Over 4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered globally, but the virus continues to spread even in countries with very high rates of vaccination such as Israel.

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As of mid January 2021, more than a thousand people are dying in the UK with COVID-19 every day.

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According to the New York Times, the most cases reported in a single day so far has been 132,797, on November 6.

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