WHO to Set Another Emergency Meeting on Monkeypox

The World Health Organziation (WHO) revealed that it will reconsider the classification of the monkeypox whether to consider it a "global health emergency," after the surge of the cases worldwide, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.

The UN Health Agency announced that there are now confirmed 9200 cases in 63 countries, including 1735 cases in the UK between May 6 and July 11.

The UN health agency are now aware of 9,200 cases in 63 countries in the last update issued on Tuesday, with the UK recording 1,735 cases between May 6 and July 11 this year.

The upcoming meeting will be the second for the emergency committee; experts will decide if the monkeypox will be a public health emergency or PHEIC level which is the highest formal declaration by the WHO.

"The emergency committee will provide its views to the WHO director general on whether the event constitutes a PHEIC," The UN Health Agency said in a statement.

It added: "If so, it will propose temporary recommendations on how to better prevent and reduce the spread of the disease and manage the global public health response."

Dr Sophia Makki, incident director at The UK Health Security Agency, said: "The monkeypox outbreak in the UK continues to grow, with over a thousand cases now confirmed nationwide. "

She explained: "We expect cases to continue to rise further in the coming days and weeks. If you are attending large events over the summer or having sex with new partners, be alert to any monkeypox symptoms so you can get tested rapidly and help avoid passing the infection on."

"Currently the majority of cases have been in men who are gay, bisexual or have sex with men. However, anyone who has had close contact with an inpidual with symptoms is also at increased risk."