Smallpox in monkeys does not constitute a state of emergency, WHO calls the global resurgence of the disease a health threat with a worrying development
The global resurgence of monkeypox is described by the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Andanom Gebrejesus, as a health threat with a worrying development.
However, he clarifies, at this time the threat does not constitute a state of emergency.
"At present, the event does not constitute a public health emergency of international proportions , which is the World Health Organization's highest level of alert," he says in a statement issued after a meeting of experts on the issue.
Source: Proto Thema
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