WHO to discuss if monkeypox is of international concern

The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee meeting to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a news briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, reported DW. “I think it’s now clear that there is an unusual situation, meaning even the virus is behaving unusually from how it used to behave in the past,” Tedros said. “But not only that, it’s also affecting more and more countries, and we believe that it needs also some coordinated response because of the geographic spread”, reported DW.

WHO defines a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, as “an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response”. The organization says that the definition implies that a situation is “serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected; carries implications for public health beyond the affected State’s national border; may require immediate international action”. This definition comes from the International Health Regulations, which were created in 2005 and represent a legal agreement involving 196 countries with the aim of helping the international community prevent and respond to public health risks that have the potential to spread around the globe, as reported by DW.

Watch against contagion

In the last 24 hours 211 new cases of contagion and 0 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 210 in the last 24 hours, while there were 0 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.

State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.

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