Tag: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Monkeypox Cases Top 70,000 – WHO

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Health Organization said that case numbers last week were on the rise in several countries in the Americas as it stressed that a slowdown worldwide in fresh cases could be the “most dangerous” time in the outbreak. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 70,000 cases have now been reported to the UN health agency this year, with 26 deaths. “Globally, cases are continuing to decline, but 21 countries in the past week reported an increase in cases, mostly in the Americas, which accounted for almost 90…

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WHO Declares Monkeypox Outbreak ‘Global Health Emergency ’

Ganiyu Amodu

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries an “emergency of international concern.” “Although I am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That means that this is an outbreak that can be stopped with the right strategies in the right groups,” he added. READ ALSO: WHO Calls Emergency Meeting As Monkeypox Cases…

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