World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday called an “emergency” meeting of international experts amidst growing worries over the mpox virus.
With mpox spreading outside of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tedros said the WHO emergency committee would meet “as soon as possible” to advise him on “whether the outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern”.
A public health emergency of international concern is the highest alarm the WHO can sound and allows Tedros to trigger emergency responses under the International Health Regulations.
Formerly known as monkeypox, mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals that can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact.
It was first discovered in humans in 1970 in DR Congo, causing fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions.
In May 2022, mpox infections surged worldwide, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men, due to the Clade IIb subclade
The outbreak led the WHO to declare an international public health emergency (PHEIC), which lasted from July 2022 to May 2023. That outbreak has now largely subsided.
Since September 2023, a different strain of mpox, the Clade Ib subclade, has been surging in DR Congo.
On July 11, Tedros said more than 11,000 cases and 445 deaths had been reported in the giant African state this year, with children the most affected. The disease has since spread to neighbouring countries.
A PHEIC has only been declared seven times since 2009: over H1N1 swine flu, poliovirus, Ebola, Zika virus, Ebola again, COVID-19 and mpox.
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Here we go again with another ’emergency.’ The WHO just loves to keep us in a constant state of fear.
Just another day, another virus. Are we ever going to get a break?
What a joke. The WHO can’t even get their act together with COVID and now they’re dealing with mpox? Good luck
Emergency meeting? More like an emergency circus. The WHO is always late to the party
Tedros and the WHO need to stop overreacting. This isn’t the first time mpox has been an issue. We need facts, not fearmongering.
Just be like Gisele “Delusional” Isaac and bury head in the sand……….pretend there is no problem……..or be like stupid Richie Lew………Delusional can’t tek he nar he JAMAICAN WIFE, but stupid, weak, spinless, coward still a tek the “black eyes” and try cover them with “powder”
Once again, the World Health Organization (WHO) seems to be playing catch-up in the face of a looming public health crisis. While it’s commendable that they’re finally addressing the mpox outbreak, their track record with the COVID-19 pandemic leaves much to be desired.
All that is in the vaxxines, so it will be diseases after diseases. These people are sick and evil. People stop trusting your government they will always follow the devil.
Wait…the world economy running to well for them? These power hungry killers again
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