Monkeypox: what we know about the 2022 outbreak so far

Which authorities have declared monkeypox a public health emergency?The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 24 July.1 Since then only the United States, which accounts for more cases than anywhere else in the world, has done similarly. The Biden administration made the call on 4 August, just days after the cities of New York and San Francisco announced their own, in a bid to free up access to funding and expand the workforce and vaccines, as well as raise public awareness of the dangers.At the time of writing, more than 35 000 monkeypox cases have been reported in 92 countries worldwide, with 12 deaths.“Almost 7500 cases were reported last week—a 20% increase over the previous week, which was also 20% more than the week before,” said WHO’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, at a press briefing on 18 August. Almost all cases…
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