POST PRESSER LINKS: Virtual Press Conference to update on the report of the 2nd meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox

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Saturday, 23 July 2022

POST PRESSER LINKS

Virtual Press Conference to update on the report of the 2nd meeting of the IHR Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox

Please find below links from today's extraordinary WHO Virtual Press Conference.

Links:

Dr Tedros opening statement
Length: 07mins 58sec
https://who.canto.global/b/U8MQJ

More background information

Monkeypox IHR Emergency Committee

Please find here the list of EC members and check for photo updates here. (Note: media need to register once to be granted photo download rights. Click on “media registration” at the above link)

With the one for monkeypox, an Emergency Committee has been convened by a WHO Director-General for 10 events, including two ongoing ones (polio and COVID-19). See the full list here.

Q&A on the International Health Regulations and Emergency Committees (click on top of the page for other languages)

Monkeypox outbreak page

Disease Outbreak News

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a live data dashboard for the multi-country monkeypox outbreak.

It can be accessed here: https://extranet.who.int/publicemergency

The dashboard provides a global overview of the monkeypox epidemiological situation as reported to WHO and will be updated daily. The report focuses on confirmed cases as defined by the WHO’s working case definition published in the Surveillance, case investigation and contact tracing for Monkeypox interim guidance.

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