Declaring monkeypox a global emergency would mean the U.N. health agency considers the outbreak to be an “extraordinary event.”
The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants a global emergency declaration.
Declaring monkeypox a global emergency would mean the U.N. health agency considers the outbreak to be an “extraordinary event” and that the disease is at risk of spreading across even more borders. It would also give monkeypox the same distinction as the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.
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