The WHO has decided to issue monkeypox its highest level of alert: a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. But what's the deal with PHEICs who decides, what does it mean, and what happens next?
Cases of monkeypox have been detected in more than 70 countries, many of which had never registered cases before. The World Health Organization has therefore decided to declare the outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern".
The World Health Organization said Wednesday it will reconvene its monkeypox experts to decide if the worsening outbreak now constitutes a global public health emergency – the highest level of alert.