The World Health Organization (WHO), following the advice of the Emergency Commission on Monkeypox in Humans, has decided to no longer consider the disease a global public health emergency. According to Interfax, this was announced by the director general of the organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“I am pleased to announce that monkeypox is no longer a global public health emergency,” Ghebreyesus said during the briefing.
According to him, on Wednesday, the WHO emergency commission held a meeting, as a result of which it concluded that the outbreak is no longer a threat of concern to the international community, and recommended that this status be removed from it. Ghebreyesus followed this advice.
At the same time, he noted that, as in the case of the COVID-19 coronavirus, this does not mean that the work to combat the disease has been completed. Monkeypox is still a serious public health problem, according to the head of the WHO.
Earlier in May, Ghebreyesus said that the WHO no longer regards the COVID-19 coronavirus as a particular threat to global health.
Monkeypox is a rare infectious disease most prevalent in remote areas of Central and West Africa. Its symptoms are nausea, fever, rash, itching, and muscle pain.
Source: Rosbalt
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