The World Health Organization ended the alert for the viral disease. The emergency had been declared in July 2022.
The World Health Organization (WHO) assured that the monkey pox It no longer represents a global health emergency, ending an almost year-long alert for the viral disease that had been declared of international importance in July 2022.
The new rating, taken in conjunction with the Emergency Committeeseeks to provoke a coordinated international response and unlock funds to collaborate in the exchange of vaccines and treatments. From the beginning of 2022 to May 8, 2023, more than 87,000 cases and 140 dead in 111 countries.
Although the WHO had observed at the beginning of the year a sustained decline in the number of reported cases, it had also expressed concern about a possible outbreak in some regions and the persistence of transmission in some countries. Since then, the number of infections has decreased significantly. “There have been almost 90% fewer cases these three months, compared to the three previous months,” he explained. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, managing Director of the WHO.
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“The Monkeypox Emergency Committee met yesterday and agreed a new plan, and recommended to me that the international outbreak no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice, and I am pleased to declare that monkeypox is no longer a global public health emergency,” he announced. ghebreyesus.
However, he warned that, it does not matter that with the Covid-19, “that does not mean the job is done.” “Although the alerts ended, the threat of new waves holds for both. The two viruses continue to circulate and both continue to kill,” she warned.
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