Day September 17, 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the monkeypox (mpox) outbreak, which affects Africa, Europe and Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and El Salvador, announce protective measures as a public health emergency of international concern (ESPII)

The decision was taken unanimously by a WHO Emergency Committee amid concerns that a more deadly and transmissible strain of the virus (formerly known as monkeypox) has reached previously unaffected African regions. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…