The Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) is on The fence around whether it is a monkeypox emergency public health emergency. According to a source: who Close decisionto Reuters organization’s director general May still announce maximum Warning on Saturday.
Committee that met on Thursday, advising WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who he is responsible for make final decision over Whether to announce a global health emergency.
In the pastTedros has always gone, with Committee recommendation but sources, who wire on condition of Anonymity, he said he is seriously considering announcing the agency highest level of On alert despite the shortage of Majority opinion because of concern about urgency of the situation.
The World Health Organization is scheduled to hold a news Conference at 1 pm GMT on Saturday to announce it ultimate decision.
label – “public health emergency of international interest” – currently It only applies to the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing efforts to eradicate polio.
In recent weeks, pressure has been mounting from scientists and public health experts for WHO and national Governments to take more a job on Monkey pox. was there now more 14,000 cases and five deaths have been reported from 71 WHO member countries.
When the commission first met .in the end of In June, there were only about 3,000 cases.
The WHO alert sounds the alarm and can also open financing and global cooperation efforts on Share vaccines and treatments.
there already Effective treatments and vaccines for Monkey pox, but they are in short supply. The World Health Organization has also already Advice and updates have been provided since the outbreak began in Early May.
In the first Meeting of Expert Committee group She said she would reconsider her position on Declare an emergency in case the outbreak escalates.
On Friday, the United States set first Two cases of monkeypox in children.
Which changes to the virus itself, which spreads through close contact and causes Lesions and influenza-like symptoms, can also Spark a rethink, the commission said.
The group Now divided between these who I believe that declaring an emergency would speed up efforts to contain the disease, and that who I don’t think it meets the criteria because it hasn’t spread yet new groups of people Or it was a high death rate, sources said.
