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LONDON (AP) — The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak is in more than 70 countries.
“We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little,” says the WHO's director general.
The emergency declaration mostly serves as a plea to draw more global resources and attention to an outbreak.