U.S. to End Monkeypox Emergency Declaration
Federal officials plan to let the monkeypox emergency declaration expire at the end of January.
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Federal officials plan to let the monkeypox emergency declaration expire at the end of January.
The World Health Organization plans to rename monkeypox to “MPOX” in an effort to remove stigma from the illness.
Although cases of monkeypox are decreasing, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services extended the official public health emergency on Wednesday, as there's still a strong presence of the virus in the country.
China on Friday reported its first case of Monkeypox in Chongqing city after a person who arrived from abroad developed rashes while in COVID-19 quarantine.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a total of 52,997 people have been infected with the monkeypox virus. Of the cases registered in the last four weeks, 70.7 per cent came from the US and 28.3 per cent from Europe.