WHO to convene on June 23 to decide if monkeypox presents health emergency
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has announced he would convene an emergency committee meeting on Thursday, June 23 to assess the implication of the outbreak of the monkeypox virus.
He says the committee will be tasked to determine “whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.”
Mr. Ghebreyesus explained that the decision to convene the committee is also due to a recent “unusual” behaviour shown by the virus as it keeps spreading in countries beyond Africa.
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“We believe that it needs also some coordinated response because of the geographic spread.”
In a press briefing on Tuesday, June 14, he added that the Organisation is working with experts to offici...
