The classification is the highest alert that the WHO can issue and follows a worldwide upsurge in cases.
It came at the end of the second meeting of the WHO's emergency committee on the virus. BBC News
See also:
- Second meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox World Health Organization
- Accelerated monkeypox vaccination rollout in London as UKHSA secure more vaccines NHS England
- UK needs urgent vaccine drive to curb monkeypox, campaigners say The Guardian
- What is monkeypox and how worried should we be? The Guardian
- Monkeypox: Virus can be spread through ‘any close physical contact’ The Independent
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