The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread outside Africa should be considered a global health emergency.
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The National Public Health Agency (EODY) announced Saturday that it will make updates on monkeypox cases every Thursday.
A second person likely having monkeypox has been identified, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) announced Saturday.
Greece has detected its first case of the rare monkeypox virus infection in a traveler, according to initial tests, the country’s national health agency EODY said in a statement on Wednesday.
Health officials are examining a possible case of monkeypox in a 61-year-old man from northern Greece.
The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkey pox constitutes a “moderate risk” to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found.
Despite the epidemic curve of monkeypox appearing to be in the ascendancy, a Greek health official said on Saturday that he does not expect it to spiral out of control, to “alarming” proportions.
A World Health Organization senior official said on Friday that the priority needs to be containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries, saying that this can be achieved through quick action.
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