WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency

The head of the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on Saturday.

WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said "We have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. "Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment, this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners."

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 74 countries since about May.