Source The United Nations
Media www.rajawalisiber.com – WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that “the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.”
Speaking to reporters 23 Jul in Geneva, Dr Tedros said, “a month ago, I convened the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations to assess whether the multi-country monkeypox outbreak represented a public health emergency of international concern. At that meeting, while differing views were expressed, the committee resolved by consensus that the outbreak did not represent a public health emergency of international concern.”
He continued, “at the time, 3040 cases of monkeypox had been reported to WHO, from 47 countries. Since then, the outbreak has continued to grow, and there are now more than 16 thousand reported cases from 75 countries and territories, and five deaths. In light of the evolving outbreak, I reconvened the committee on Thursday of this week to review the latest data and advise me accordingly. I thank the committee for its careful consideration of the evidence, and issues. On this occasion, the committee was unable to reach a consensus on whether the outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. The reasons the committee members gave for and against are laid out in the report we are publishing today.”