Mpox is no longer an international health emergency, says the head of whom

Mpox is no longer an international health emergency, says the head of whom

Mpox no longer represents an international health emergency, said the head of the World Health Organization on Friday.

The viral infection spreads through close contact and usually causes symptoms and injuries PU fl fl -influential.

“This decision is based on the prolonged decline of cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in other affected countries, including Burundi, Sierra Leone and Uganda,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

The general manager of WHO added that the decision was based on the guidance of the WHO emergency committee, which meets every three months to evaluate the epidemic.

The WHO declared the emergency for the first time in August last year, when an outbreak of a new form of Mpox spread from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, seriously hit the neighboring countries.

An emergency of public health of international interest is the highest form of those who alert.

Source: Terra

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