The World Health Organisation today declared the rapidly spreading monkeypox as a global health emergency. The health body's alert calls for global cooperation against monkeypox.
Here are 5 things WHO said about monkeypox:
- In a press conference today, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern."
- The WHO said that the monkeypox outbreak, which is spreading rapidly across the globe, can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups.
- So far this year, over 16,000 cases of monkeypox, and five deaths, have been reported from 60 WHO member countries.
- The health body said it was declaring an emergency as it is essential that all countries work closely to design and deliver effective information and services to combat monkeypox.
- There's currently no specific treatment for monkeypox. Patients will usually need to stay in a specialist hospital so the infection doesn't spread and general symptoms can be treated.
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