Following an increase in cases in Africa and the Middle East, which is also spreading to other parts of the world, monkey pox is becoming a serious concern this year. The most recent cases were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, where three individuals were found to have Monkeypox by local health officials.
The World Health Organization has declared that an outbreak of monkeypox, a viral infection that spreads through close contact, represents a global health emergency for the second time in two years. Monkeypox causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions.
WHO declares monkeypox as PHEIC
The World Health Organization (WHO) designated monkeypox as a worldwide hazard on Wednesday. The WHO issued the greatest level of warning when it designated it as a PHEIC, or public health emergency of international concern. PHEIC is defined as “an extraordinary event that may necessitate a coordinated international response and that is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease.”
What is the current status of monkeypox? Where is its outbreak?
WHO’s emergency declaration on monkeypox comes a day after the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared it to be a public health emergency on the continent. WHO said there have been more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths in Africa this year, which already exceed last year’s figures. Monkeypox has now been detected in at least 13 African countries. So far, more than 96% of all cases and deaths are in a single country — Congo. WHO said monkeypox was recently identified for the first time in four East African countries: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. All of those outbreaks were linked to the epidemic in Congo.
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