WHO's emergency committee to meet over mpox

WHO Schedules Emergency Meeting Over Mpox Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed it will hold an emergency meeting on mpox and whether to declare the virus as “a public health emergency of international concern,” its director-general confirmed over the weekend. The emergency meeting will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 14, to see if mpox, a virus known as monkeypox that has been spreading in about 10 African nations, should prompt the international emergency, WHO Director-General Tedr…

WHO's emergency committee to meet over mpox

(UPDATE) GENEVA, Switzerland — The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet next Wednesday to decide whether to trigger its highest alert level over an mpox outbreak sweeping through several African countries.The WHO said in a note to journalists that the closed virtual meeting will start at 1000 GMT Wednesday."The Committee will provide me with its views on whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of internati…

WHO's emergency committee to meet Aug 14 over Mpox

The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet next Wednesday to decide whether to trigger its highest alert level over an Mpox outbreak sweeping through several African countries.