WHO no longer considers monkeypox a “global emergency”
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The World Health Organization has announced that the monkeypox outbreak is no longer a global public health emergency. This was stated by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on May 11, CNN reports. In July 2022, the WHO declared the monkeypox virus an international public health emergency. However, this week a special WHO Committee recommended “ending the emergency” and the WHO Director-General agreed. “The Smallpox Emergency Committee met yesterday and recommended to me that the outbreak of smallpox in several countries is no longer a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted this recommendation and am pleased to announce that monkeypox is no longer a global public health emergency,” Ghebreyesus said. However, as in the case of COVID-19, the work to overcome the disease is not yet complete. Read also: WHO declares end of emergency due to COVID-19 Photo: angellodeco “Smallpox continues to pose significant public health challenges that require a decisive, proactive and sustainable response,” says WHO Director-General. He urged countries to maintain their testing capacity and ability to respond quickly to future outbreaks. We will remind you that monkeypox is a viral disease that can be contracted mainly from infected wild animals in Africa. One of the most common symptoms is spots on the body that eventually turn into small blisters filled with fluid and form scabs that later fall off. An outbreak of monkeypox was recorded in the United States and Europe last spring. At the beginning of May last year, the UK detected the monkey virus in a tourist who had returned from Nigeria, and since then the number of cases began to increase. The first case of monkeypox in Ukraine was registered on September 15, 2022. From January 2022 to April 2023, more than 87,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox, including 140 deaths, were reported to WHO from 111 countries and territories. More than 30 thousand cases were registered in the USA. However, the number of infections is now decreasing thanks to the spread of the vaccine. In the past three months, 90% fewer cases have been reported than in the previous 90 days, Ghebreyesus added. Read also: Monkey pox: symptoms, ways of transmission and prevention
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