A new outbreak of monkeypox is an ‘international emergency’, says the WHO
The outbreak of smallpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been declared an international emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO). International cooperation is needed to control the outbreak, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. The so-called ‘public health emergency of international concern’ (PHEIC) is the highest level of alert that the WHO can … Read more