2023-05-11 16:31:00
In good news, the World Health Organization declared an outbreak monkeypox Empox is no longer a global health emergency.
The director-general of the organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said in a press conference, Thursday, that an expert committee of his organization had concluded that the significant decline in the number of cases in recent months, by about 90% less in the number of cases during the past three months, indicates that the disease no longer represents Very dangerous, according to the Associated Press.
It is reported that there has been a significant decrease in the number of cases in recent months.
The outbreak initially baffled experts when the disease linked to smallpox spread to more than 100 countries last year.
Monkeypox is a rare disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa.
Its symptoms include fever, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills, fatigue, and a smallpox-like rash on the hands and face.
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