Peoples Gazette
The United States has declared a state of public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak.
The announcement came during a briefing with the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday.
The declaration comes a month after the World Health Organisation issued a red alert over the spreading disease, placing monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern.
The global health body defined a public health emergency of international concern as “an extraordinary event” that becomes a “public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease” and “to potentially require a coordinated international response.”
On Tuesday, the health body has called on the global community to invest in the production of vaccines to curb the spread of monkeypox, especially in Africa…
