<div id="firstBodyDiv" data-bind-html-content-type="article" data-bind-html-compile="article.body" data-first-article-body="
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, in an online press conference from Geneva, that the organization will hold a new meeting of the committee, which advises on declaring a global health emergency, the highest level of alert in the world. World Health Organizationin the week beginning on or before 18 July.
At its previous meeting on June 27, the committee decided that the outbreak had not yet risen to the status of a global health emergency, despite high infections in both African countries where the disease usually spreads, as well as in other countries around the world.
Tedros stated: "I’m still concerned about the breadth virus And spread all over the world"The lack of testing means there are likely to be many cases that have not been recorded, he added.
He added that about 80% of the cases were recorded in Europe.
Andmonkey pox A viral disease that causes symptoms similar to flu It is endemic in many countries in West and Central Africa, and its incidence has increased worldwide since early May.
The mortality rate in previous outbreaks of the currently circulating strain was about one percent.
“>
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, in an online press conference from Geneva, that the organization will hold a new meeting of the committee, which advises on declaring a global health emergency, the highest level of alert in the world. World Health Organizationin the week beginning on or before 18 July.
At its previous meeting on June 27, the committee decided that the outbreak had not yet risen to the status of a global health emergency, despite high infections in both African countries where the disease usually spreads, as well as in other countries around the world.
Tedros stated: “I remain concerned about the breadth of virus And spread it all over the world,” he said, adding that the lack of testing means there are likely to be many cases that have not been recorded.
He added that about 80% of the cases were recorded in Europe.
Andmonkey pox A viral disease that causes symptoms similar to flu It is endemic in many countries in West and Central Africa, and its incidence has increased worldwide since early May.
The mortality rate in previous outbreaks of the currently circulating strain was about one percent.