WHO’s (World Health Oraganization) experts today decided to declare the monkeypox outbreak as a global health emergency — the highest alarm it can sound.
The committee of experts provides advice to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is responsible for making the final decisions.
"So in short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the International Health Regulations."-@DrTedros #monkeypox
— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) July 23, 2022