Monkeypox declared global public health emergency
Thursday, 15 August 2024 () On Wednesday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared monkeypox as a global threat. The WHO flagged it as a PHEIC or public health emergency of international concern, which is the highest level of warning issued by the WHO. PHEIC is “an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response."
The World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency, following an outbreak of a new strain of the mpox virus in the continent of Africa. The virus - formerly known as monkeypox - can be passed on through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms and lesions on the body and...
Looks like The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared a public health emergency over the spread of monkeypox, sparking continental concern for the first time ever, and on..
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On Tuesday, Africa’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared the mpox virus to be a “public health emergency of continental security.” Veuer’s Matt Hoffman has the story.
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