Monkeypox now a global health emergency, says W.H.O.
The World Health Organization now says monkeypox is a global health emergency.
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The World Health Organization now says monkeypox is a global health emergency.
The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation.
The news that monkeypox has been declared a global emergency comes a day after the U.S. reported its first two cases of the infection in children.
LONDON — The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
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