This meeting will be held through Internet In closed session as usual.
The agency’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “The committee will tell me its opinion on at least… The pandemic “It is an international health emergency, and in this case, I will be advised on interim measures to be taken.”
He announced on Wednesday that he would call the Emergency Committee to meet “as soon as possible.” “
A public health emergency of international concern is the loudest warning you can hear World Health Organization.
Tedros, in his role as Director-General of the Agency, can declare this state of emergency with the advice of a committee of experts in this field.
Imbox (formerly known as Monkeybox) is an infectious disease caused by a virus that is transmitted to humans through… animals With disease, it can also be transmitted from one person to another through close physical contact.
He builds a new species of The virus It was seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo in September 2023, and has been reported in neighboring African countries, raising concerns about the spread of this virus.
And see republic Democratic Republic of the Congo As of August 3, 14,479 infections and 455 deaths were recorded, ie a rate of 3 percent, according to the African Union Health Organization.
The virus was first discovered in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The infection causes fever, muscle aches, and boil-like skin infections.
The World Health Organization declared the highest level of alert on July 23, 2022 in an effort to contain the smallpox outbreak, and then raised it less than a year later, in May 2023 . The pandemic At that time, 140 people died out of about 90,000 infections.
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In a note sent to the press, the group said: “The first meeting of the Emergency Committee was called by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (…) regarding the outbreak of the EMBOX 2024 virus (… )Brown trout), Wednesday, August 14 (…) starting at 12:00 (10:00 GMT).
This meeting will be held through Internet In closed session as usual.
The agency’s director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said: “The committee will tell me their opinion on whether The pandemic “It is an international health emergency, and in this case, I will be advised on interim measures to be taken.”
He announced on Wednesday that he would call the Emergency Committee to meet “as soon as possible.” “
A public health emergency of international concern is the loudest warning you can hear World Health Organization.
Tedros, in his role as Director-General of the Agency, can declare this state of emergency with the advice of a committee of experts in this field.
Imbox (formerly known as Monkeybox) is an infectious disease caused by a virus that is transmitted to humans through… animals With disease, it can also be transmitted from one person to another through close physical contact.
He builds a new species of The virus It was seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo in September 2023, and has been reported in neighboring African countries, raising concerns about the spread of this virus.
And see republic Democratic Republic of the Congo As of August 3, 14,479 infections and 455 deaths were recorded, ie a rate of 3 percent, according to the African Union Health Organization.
The virus was first discovered in humans in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The infection causes fever, muscle aches, and boil-like skin infections.
The World Health Organization declared the highest level of alert on July 23, 2022 in an effort to contain the smallpox outbreak, and then raised it less than a year later, in May 2023 . The pandemic At that time, 140 people died out of about 90,000 infections.
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