The World Health Organization (WHO) launched highest level of alert today, announcing an outbreak of the monkeypox virus and declaring it a health emergency.
Monkeypox has so far infected about 17,000 people in 74 countries, according to the WHO Director-General.
“I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a press conference, explaining that “the risk in the world is relatively moderate, with the exception of Europe, where it is considered high.”
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