WHO Says Mpox Outbreak Still Remains A “Health Emergency”

Reuters (11/22, Rigby, Roy, Nair) reported the World Health Organization on Friday warned the mpox outbreak “continues to represent a public health emergency.” The WHO “first declared the emergency in August, when an outbreak of a new form of mpox spread from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.” The decision is “based on the rising number and continuing geographic spread of cases, operational challenges in the field and the need to mount and sustain a cohesive response across countries and partners, the WHO said.”