Update covid-19 topic desc

[ynshung]

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The pandemic is not really ongoing anymore so changed it to be more generic.

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Pull Request Overview

This pull request updates the COVID-19 topic description to reflect that the pandemic is in the past rather than ongoing.

• Updated the phrasing to describe COVID-19 as having caused a "worldwide pandemic beginning in December 2019".
• Revised content in topics/covid-19/index.md to better represent the historical context of the disease.

[jmeridth]

@ynshung please merge latest of main into your PR. Then we can approve and merge. Thank you.

[ynshung]

@jmeridth done merging