Breaking news: Concerns are growing in the monkeypox epidemic that broke out in May. A critical move came from the World Health Organization for the epidemic that emerged in England and spread all over the world. The monkeypox epidemic was declared a “global emergency” by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
5 PEOPLE LEFT
Tedros said a month ago that he had asked the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee to meet to consider whether the multi-country monkeypox epidemic represented a public health emergency of international importance, but the committee unanimously decided that it was not an emergency. Expressing that at the time of this meeting, there were 3040 cases of monkeypox in 47 countries, Tedros stated that the epidemic has progressed since that day and that there are currently more than 16 thousand cases in 75 countries and 5 people died from monkeypox.
“I CONSIDER FIVE ELEMENTS”
Emphasizing that the committee met again on Thursday and could not reach a consensus on whether the monkeypox epidemic is a public health emergency of international importance, the WHO Director-General said, in light of the International Health Regulations, “Five elements in deciding whether an epidemic constitutes a public health emergency of international importance. I have to take it into account,” he said.
Explaining that 3 of the 5 elements he considered while making an emergency decision were met, Dr. Tedros; He explained that the rapid spread of the monkeypox virus to many countries that have not been seen before, the failure of the committee to reach a common decision, the inadequacy of many scientific information and the emergence of an international spread potential, and the meeting of three of the 5 factors are the issues that he took into consideration when making an emergency decision.
“THE RISK OF SPREAD INTERNATIONALLY”
Dr. Tedros said: “WHO’s assessment is that the risk of monkeypox is moderate in all regions except the European region, which we consider high risk. “Although the risk of interfering with international traffic is currently low, there is also a risk of further international spread.”
“So, in short, we have an epidemic that is spreading rapidly around the world with new ways of transmission, about which we understand little and which meets the criteria in the International Health Regulations. “For all these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox epidemic represents a public health emergency of international concern.” (DHA)
DETERMINED IN TURKEY
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on June 30 that a person in Turkey had detected the monkeypox virus. Stating that the patient is 37 years old and has an immune system deficiency, Koca announced that the patient was isolated.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the virus has affected more than 15,800 people in 72 countries.