WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern
The decision was announced Saturday morning after WHO convened its second emergency committee on the issue on Thursday.
"I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," WHO Director said this
Tedros said while the committee was unable to reach a consensus, he came to the decision after considering the five elements required on deciding whether an outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.
WHO initially stopped short of declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern after its first emergency committee meeting on June 23.
At the time, Tedros said the emergency committee advised that at the moment
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