The WHO Emergency Committee is meeting to assess the current outbreak of the disease which affects more than 17,000 people in 74 countries.
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“I’ve decided to declare a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, announced on Saturday July 23 that the organization was issuing its highest level of alert in an attempt to contain the outbreak of monkeypox, which has struck nearly 17,000 people in 74 country. He also specified that the risk in the world was relatively moderate, except in Europe where it is high.