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WHO: COVID cases and deaths fall for 3rd consecutive week

Members of the South Korean Confederation of Trade Unions hold up cards during a rally demanding enhanced labor rights in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. Thousands of workers gathered ignoring the government's call to cancel the assembly feared to affect the fight against COVID-19. The signs on cards read "Inequality and Right to work without discrimination." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Commuters wearing face masks walk across an intersection in the central business district in Beijing, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a volunteer uses a megaphone to talk to residents at an apartment building in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Shanghai has released more than 6,000 more people from medical observation amid a COVID-19 outbreak, the government said Wednesday, but moves to further ease the lockdown on China's largest city appeared to have stalled. (Chen Jianli/Xinhua via AP)

WHO: COVID cases and deaths fall for 3rd consecutive week