The World Health Organization has confirmed that monkeypox is a public health emergency of international concern, with more than 16,000 cases reported in 75 countries.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, said in a statement today: “There is a clear risk of further international spread of the disease, indicating that the disease has spread rapidly around the world and has come through new modes of transmission that only a few of them have understood. .
He explained that the emergency committee of the World Health Organization, which met on Thursday in Geneva on the issue of monkeypox, did not reach a consensus on the issue and left the Director General the opportunity to decide on the highest level of preparedness.
