The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak, the strongest call to action by the agency. Although cases are occasionally identified in countries where the virus is not endemic, the latest outbreak has been unprecedented. "For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern." Public Health Superintendent Charmaine Gauci recently said that the cases seen in Europe were self-limiting, with minor rashes and requiring no hospital admission. This is the seventh public health emergency declaration made by the WHO since 2009, with the most recent being COVID-19.
