More than 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 58 countries during the current outbreak, according to the World Health Organization.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in an online news conference from Geneva that the UN agency will reconvene a committee meeting to recommend declaring the outbreak a global health emergency, the WHO’s highest level of alert, this week starting on or before July 18.
At its previous meeting on June 27, the committee decided that the outbreak, with cases increasing both in African countries where it usually spreads and globally, did not yet constitute a health emergency.
“I remain concerned about the scale and spread of the virus around the world,” Tedros said, adding that the lack of testing means there are likely many more unreported cases.
About 80% of the cases are recorded in Europe, he said.
SOURCE: APE-ME
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