Monkey Pox Declared a Public Health Emergency by World Health Organization
On July 23rd, 2022, the World Health Organization(WHO) declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern(PHEIC), the highest state of alert the WHO can place on a virus. On July 21, 2022, an emergency committee gathered to decide whether to put the monkeypox outbreak on high alert since many countries, which historically have not reported monkeypox, have confirmed thousands of cases. According to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhadom Gheb