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14,000 Monkeypox Cases Detected In 70 Countries, WHO To Decide If It’s A Global Health Emergency 🚨

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14,000 Monkeypox Cases Detected In 70 Countries, WHO To Decide If It’s A Global Health Emergency
The declaration is WHO's highest alarm.

WHO Committee To Decide If Monkeypox Should Be Declared Global Health Emergency. Since May, the monkeypox virus has been a growing concern as it spreads globally.

In June, the World Health Organization (WHO) determined that the disease was not yet a global health emergency.

But as of now, almost 14,000 cases have been reported in over 70 countries.

On Thursday (21 Jul), WHO’s emergency committee will be reconvening to decide if the highest alarm should be sounded, classifying monkeypox as a global health emergency.

On Wednesday (20 Jul), WHO confirmed that 14,000 cases of monkeypox had been reported worldwide, with five deaths in Africa.

According to Reuters, while most cases thus far are found in Europe – especially among men who fornicate with other men – more than 70 countries are now affected by the disease.

In the past week alone, monkeypox spread to six more countries as cases continued to surge.

WHO’s emergency committee previously met in end-Jun and determined that at that juncture, monkeypox was not yet a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

The committee is set to meet again on Thursday (21 Jul) to make that decision.

If classified as a PHEIC – the health agency’s highest alert level – temporary recommendations on preventing and reducing the diseases’ spread and management will be made.

But CNA shared that there is no timeline for which the outcome will be made public