Prognosis
WHO Chief Overrules Panel to Call Monkeypox Global Emergency
- Move aimed at helping nations cooperate to curb the outbreak
- WHO chief Tedros intervenes after expert panel was divided
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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.
The move paves the way for stepped-up global cooperation to stop the virus, which has spread to dozens of countries. The last time the WHO made a similar declaration was during the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak in January 2020.