(Reuters) – The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a world health emergency, which is the World Health Organization’s highest level of alert, the UN agency’s Emergency Committee said on Tuesday.
The WHO label, a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)”, is designed to trigger a coordinated international response and will unlock funding to collaborate on sharing vaccines and coverings.
The WHO said in July that the rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represented a world health emergency.
(Reporting by Abinaya Vijayaraghavan in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)
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