The WHO has convened an emergency meeting on the monkeypox outbreak that has spread to 56 countries!
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WHO Convenes Emergency Meeting On Monkeypox Outbreak!
On 23 June 2022, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened an emergency committee meeting under Article 48 of the International Health Regulations to discuss the current monkeypox outbreak.
Chaired by Dr. Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele and Dr. Nicola Low, this emergency WHO meeting on monkeypox is only open to members and advisors of the Emergency Committee.
The findings of this emergency meeting would be conveyed to the Director-General of WHO, on whether the outbreak should be classified as a public health emergency of international concern, and also on potential recommendations on how to address it.
This meeting comes as an NGO called World Health Network (unrelated to WHO) issued a press release describing the current monkeypox outbreak as a “pandemic”, urging “immediate and effective action” from country and global health authorities.
This led to a bit of confusion, as their names and acronyms were similar (WHO vs WHN). To be clear, WHO has not declared a monkeypox pandemic.
Read more : What You Must Know About Monkeypox!
Over 4,000 Monkeypox Cases Confirmed In 56 Countries!
Discovered in 1958, the first human infection was only reported in 1970, and there were only like 400 cases from 1970 to 1986.
Monkeypox became more common over time, with 2000 cases per year reported between 2011 and 2014, and several outbreaks in the US (2003 and 2021), UK (2018 and 2021), and Singapore (2019)..
However, nothing has come close to the 2022 monkeypox outbreak which has now affected at least 56 countries outside of endemic African countries, with over 4,000 cases!
| Country | Confirmed Cases |
Suspected Cases |
Total |
| Spain | 918 | 100 | 1,018 |
| United Kingdom | 793 | – | 793 |
| Germany | 676 | – | 676 |
| France | 330 | – | 330 |
| Portugal | 328 | – | 328 |
| Canada | 223 | 45 | 268 |
| United States | 173 | – | 173 |
| Netherlands | 167 | – | 167 |
| Italy | 85 | – | 85 |
| Belgium | 77 | 1 | 78 |
| Switzerland | 52 | – | 52 |
| Ireland | 28 | – | 28 |
| Ghana | 18 | – | 18 |
| Brazil | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Israel | 16 | – | 16 |
| Australia | 13 | – | 13 |
| Denmark | 13 | – | 13 |
| Sweden | 13 | – | 13 |
| UAE | 13 | – | 13 |
| Austria | 12 | – | 12 |
| Poland | 12 | – | 12 |
| Mexico | 9 | – | 9 |
| Slovenia | 9 | – | 9 |
| Hungary | 7 | – | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 6 | – | 6 |
| Uganda | – | 6 | 6 |
| Romania | 5 | – | 5 |
| Argentina | 4 | – | 4 |
| Finland | 4 | – | 4 |
| Malta | 4 | – | 4 |
| Norway | 4 | – | 4 |
| Somalia | – | 4 | 4 |
| Chile | 3 | – | 3 |
| Colombia | 3 | – | 3 |
| Greece | 3 | – | 3 |
| Iceland | 3 | – | 3 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | – | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | – | 2 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bahamas | – | 1 | 1 |
| Cayman Islands | – | 1 | 1 |
| Fiji | – | 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 | – | 1 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | – | 1 |
| Haiti | – | 1 | 1 |
| Libya | – | 1 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 | – | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | – | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | – | 1 |
| Singapore | 1 | – | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 | – | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 | – | 1 |
| Uruguay | – | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela | 1 | – | 1 |
| Zambia | – | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 4,049 | 170 | 4,219 |
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