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Monkey pox: WHO declares “international public health emergency” for Monkeypox virus

The World Health Organization has announced its highest level of alert for the monkeypox epidemic.

“The epidemic has continued to grow, and there are now more than 16,000 reported cases in 75 countries and territories, and five deaths.“, announces Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, this Saturday, July 23.

“For all these reasonssays the director of the WHO, I have decided that the global outbreak of Monkeypox represents a public health emergency of international concern”

Or the highest level of global alert.

? BREAKING:
“For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.”-@DrTedros pic.twitter.com/qvmYX1ZBAL

World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) July 23, 2022

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