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Monkeypox Has Been Declared A Global Emergency So Here’s What That Means

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Monkeypox Declared A Global Health Emergency By The Who

The monkeypox outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO).Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO said the organisation’s committee had been unable to reach a consensus but still decided to call it an emergency.“We have an outbreak that has spread around the…

Evening Standard

Monkeypox has been declared a global emergency. What does that mean?

The WHO director-general's announcement that monkeypox is now a public health emergency of international concern is an escalation in the response to the disease. Here's what you need to know.

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WHO chief overrules panel to call monkeypox global emergency

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert panel to issue the group’s highest alert.

Tribune News Service

WHO chief overrules panel to declare monkeypox global emergency

The monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, the head of the World Health Organization said, overruling a divided expert panel to issue the group’s highest alert.

Tribune News Service

UN Health Agency Chief Declares Monkeypox a Global Emergency

The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. A global emergency is WHO’s…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Monkeypox outbreak declared a 'global emergency' by World Health Organisation

The WHO has said that over 16,000 people cases have been detected in 75 countries around the world. However, not all members of the emergency committee were in agreement about the designation.

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Monkeypox is declared a global health emergency

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of World Health Organization, made the announcement today

Manchester Evening News

Monkeypox declared global emergency

This alert is the highest alert the WHO can issue and comes in response to 16,000 reported cases from 75 countries

Salon

World Health Organization chief declares monkeypox a global emergency

Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response.

Chicago Sun-Times

Monkeypox declared a global health emergency by the WHO

A global emergency is WHO’s highest level of alert

Evening Standard

WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency amid surge in cases

WHO declares monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries a ‘public health emergency of international concern’.

Al Jazeera

Monkeypox: World Health Organisation declares global health emergency

The declaration was made by the WHO director-general despite a lack of consensus among members of the organisation’s emergency committee

The Independent UK

WHO declares global health emergency over monkeypox outbreak

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday.

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WHO experts split on monkeypox emergency ahead of decision - sources

Members of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert group are split over whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, but the agency's director-general may still issue the maximum alert on Saturday, two sources close to the decision told Reuters.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO to Decide on Sounding Highest Alarm on Monkeypox

The World Health Organization will reconvene its expert monkeypox committee on Thursday to decide whether the outbreak now constitutes a global health emergency -- the highest alarm it can sound. A second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus will be held to examine the evidence of the…

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The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox: From beginnings in Africa to global spread

As monkeypox infections jump around the world, prompting a scramble for vaccines, AFP looks at how the disease has spread since first appearing in Africa in the 1970s.

The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

Al Jazeera

Hospitalisation rates double as COVID cases triple across Europe

The World Health Organization warns pandemic is not over as European countries largely abandon coronavirus restrictions.

The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

The Independent UK

What is ‘Centaurus’? New fast-spreading Covid variant that has arrived in UK as cases soar

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

Daily Record

Covid spike prompts health chief warning governments should 'consider reintroducing' masks and other measures

WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that Covid is "nowhere near over" amid the emergence of the BA.4 and BA.5 variants.

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