WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency
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World Health Organization urges governments to engage and protect affected communities
The World Health Organization has declared that monkeypox is a public-health emergency of international concern as global case numbers surpass 16,000.
This is the first time the WHO has declared a global health emergency since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in January 2020.
The WHO’s director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the emergency committee believes the risk is moderate globally, except in the European region where it assesses the risk as high.
Monkeypox—rarely detected outside Africa before now—has in recent weeks spread to thousands of people across dozens of countries, mainly among men who have sex with men.
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