The World Health Organization announces that monkeypox no longer constitutes an "international public health emergency of concern"
2023-05-12
On the 11th, World Health Organization Director General Tan Desai announced that the monkeypox epidemic no longer constitutes a "public health emergency of international concern". This is a decision made in accordance with the report of the fifth meeting of the Emergency Committee on the Multinational Monkeypox Epidemic under the International Health Regulations (2005) of the World Health Organization. The reported cases in the past three months have decreased by nearly 90% compared to the previous three months, "Tan Desai said at a press conference held by the World Health Organization in Geneva on the same day. After the emergency committee held a meeting on the 10th to discuss, it was believed that the monkeypox epidemic no longer constitutes a" public health emergency of international concern ". "Nevertheless, like COVID-19, this does not mean the end of this work. Monkeypox continues to pose a major challenge to public health, and strong, proactive and sustainable response measures are needed," said Tandesse, "Although the emergencies of monkeypox and COVID-19 have ended, the threat of re epidemic still exists. Both monkeypox and COVID-19 continue to spread and continue to endanger lives." In July 2022, WHO announced that monkeypox constituted a "public health emergency of international concern". According to WHO data, since the outbreak of monkeypox, a total of 111 countries and regions have reported over 87000 cases, including 140 deaths, to the WHO. (Outlook New Era Network)
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