(AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if the increasing spread of the mpox virus in Africa warrants being declared a global emergency.
At a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that given the increasing spread of mpox cases beyond Congo, he has decided to ask independent experts to advise WHO “as soon as possible.”
Last week, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that mpox, also known as monkeypox, has now been detected in 10 African countries this year including Congo, which has more than 96% of all cases and deaths. Compared with the same time period last year, the agency said cases are up 160% and deaths have jumped by 19%.
Officials at the Africa CDC said nearly 70% of cases in Congo are in children younger than 15, who also accounted for 85% of deaths.
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Mpox was reported last week in Burundi and Rwanda for the first time while other countries including Kenya and the Central African Republic also identified cases.
WHO’s Tedros said the agency has released $1 million from its emergency fund to support the response to mpox, also known as monkeypox.
Earlier this year, scientists reported the emergence of a new form of the deadlier version of mpox, which can kill up 10% of people, in a Congolese mining town that they feared might spread more easily among people. Mpox spreads via close contact with infected people, including via sex.
In 2022, WHO declared mpox to be a global emergency after it spread to more than 70 countries, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men. Before that outbreak, the disease had mostly been seen in sporadic epidemics in central and West Africa when people came into contacted with infected animals.
Western countries mostly shut down the spread of mpox with the help of vaccines and treatments, but very few of those have been available in Africa.
Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads WHO’s outbreak department, said there were numerous concerning issues in Africa’s mpox epidemic and called for a more urgent response.
“We do not want the world to sit and watch and wait,” she said. “The time (to act) is now.”
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God taking care of business and doing a cleansing over there. I look at it as restitution for enslaving our brothers and sisters and selling us to the foreigners.
God is good.
I’m sure that God wishes for all humans to live in good health, but He gives us free will. Let’s hope that someday African people will stop fighting one another and instead spend their time working together to solve existential issues such as food, clothing, shelter, healthcare etc. Back in the day European countries used to fight one another and the nobles were rich whilst the commoners were dirt poor. Since they stopped fighting, the average person there now lives a cushy life. Their countries also have some of the lowest violent crime rates in the world. If Africans stop fighting and start working more purposely they can also live healthier, more peaceful, more comfortable lives.
Meanwhile……TOXIC, BULLY, UNDERMINING, DICTATOR outbreak in UPP….causing low morale, grumbling n mimblings within the party. So much so, instead of removing the cancer, they deflecting calling for “Loyalty Test” lol lol lol
“WHO’s outbreak department” – So they have a whole team of people producing these things now I see
But we have flights from Africa to Antigua
Leave Africans alone with y’all toxic shite!
Mpox is a result of the crap injected into Africans that WHO/Gates uses as test subjects for their depopulation agenda. People with weak immune systems coupled with malnutrition, bad sanitation, contaminated water etc will always have outbreaks of something. This is nothing more than another push to jab Africans who are the least jabbed with the convid bioweapon.
Time for African to stand firm & run these 👿 from the continent.
It is true that taking care of the immune system via healthy foods and adequate rest along with proper sanitation can prevent many problems. Hopefully African countries and all other countries including ours can improve in those areas. Stop planting useless bioengineered monocrops for profit but instead plant a variety of healthy produce for a well balanced diet. At this point in history we all know what nutrients, antioxidants etc. we need for good health. Every country should be working to ensure that a varied healthy diet is readily accessible and affordable for everyone in the country. Also, there is enough knowledge and technology in the world to produce 24/7 clean water for all people everywhere. We spend time and resources hyping all kinds of things such as AI whilst ignoring basic technologies that we need for survival.
Here comes the CON-MAN AN THAT ORGANIZATION,W.H.O. LET US WATCH AND SEE WHICH BIG PHAMA IS GOING TO THE VACCINES,OVERNIGHT.IT IS MONKEY-POX.WHAT THE HELL IS M-POX?
Last week someone mentioned that there was a meeting ti plan fu de next pandemic.. now this.
Wwll here you go….loading
@wakeup
I wonder if we can get s copy of covid stats for africa, its very interesting how somehow covid was less of a pandemic there
The reincarnated Tanny Rose( @pringle need fu get back a kindergarten ) must be some kind of vulture. Always putting his asanine,political twist on other things. This is about health and they go off on some incoherent rambling. Wow.
Anyway, to the matter at hand. WHO lost credibility long ago,after the Covid-19 deception that they upheld, wrongfully encouraging the world to inject themselves with products that are killing people. This monkey pox crap was attempted years ago, but people were wary of them and didn’t bite. Now it’s making the rounds again. You can just bet they have a,”vaccine ” for this new ,”pox.”
Be on guard,people. Be prepared.
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