The only other diseases that WHO uses this designation for are COVID-19 and polio.
a global health emergency—its highest alert, per CNBC, which indicates that a coordinated international response is needed to stem the spread and prevent a pandemic.WHO director general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Saturday overruled a panel of advisers after they were unable to come to a consensus and declared a “public health emergency of international concern.”
“This process demonstrates once again that this vital tool needs to be sharpened to make it more effective,” Dr. Tedros said. “We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria” for a public health emergency.Monkeypox has primarily spread through skin-to-skin contact during sex, and so far this year, 16,000 cases have been reported.
Per CNBC, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that most patients are recovering within two to four weeks; at present, no deaths have been reported outside of Africa.
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