The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of monkeypox an emergency. Reuters said the international organization’s president, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“The Emergency Management Committee met today and told me that they believe this is a public health emergency of international concern. I accepted that recommendation,” Ghebreyesus said.
He announced that the number of registered cases of the disease in 2024 will increase twice as much as last year, reaching 14 thousand cases.
Before this WHO in the name According to a statement published on the organization’s website, monkeypox is an emergency of international concern.
According to the latest WHO data, there are 77,264 confirmed cases of monkeypox infection worldwide, with 36 deaths and confirmed cases in 109 countries.
In July in Rospotrebnadzor reported About the first case of monkeypox in the Russian Federation.
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Source: Gazeta
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