WHO to convene panel to determine whether mpox outbreak is a public health emergency
The director general of the World Health Organization announced Wednesday that he will convene a panel of experts to advise him on whether the expanding outbreak of mpox in sub-Saharan Africa constitutes a global health emergency.
The outbreak, which began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo but has spread recently to at least three other neighboring countries, has involved more than 14,000 cases so far this year alone, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, with at least 511 deaths reported.
