Mpox: WHO Calls Africa Outbreak a Global Health Emergency
- Lethal outbreak of new strain is spreading from central Africa
- PHEIC used to push nations to cooperate on countermeasures
The World Health Organization has declared a fast-spreading mpox outbreak in Africa a global health emergency as the agency seeks to contain the spread of the potentially deadly virus.
The spread of the new strain of mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo, “its detection in neighboring countries that had not previously reported, and the potential for further spread within Africa and beyond is very worrying,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing Wednesday.
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