What the ending of the WHO’s Covid emergency does (and doesn’t) change

There’s been a lot of global conversation about whether the Covid-19 PHEIC is being ended too late or too early. (There was similar disagreement about the timing when the PHEIC was first declared on January 30, 2020, which many criticized as coming too late.) 

However, in understanding a PHEIC declaration’s impact, “the when is probably less important than the what,” said Victoria Fan, a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development.