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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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In a statement this afternoon, WHO said the outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that now qualifies as a 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.

According to the WHO, the outbreak is expanding in more than 70 countries and is an "extraordinary" situation which now constitutes 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…

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

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.

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