W*rld H*alth *rganization D*rector-General C*lls For *mergency C*mmittee *ver P*tential ‘P*blic H*alth *mergency’

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened an Emergency Committee over concerns of monkeypox outside the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

“In light of the spread of #mpox outside #DRC, and the potential for further international spread within and outside Africa, I have decided to convene an