Tue Jun 14, 2022 – 6:06 pm EDT
LONDON (LifeSiteNews) — The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to convene an “Emergency Committee” next week in which members will discuss the extent of the global threat posed by the monkeypox virus.
In the meeting scheduled to take place next Thursday, public health experts with the U.N. agency will determine whether to declare monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern,” Reuters reported.
The outlet noted that such a declaration would place the virus within the WHO’s “the highest level of warning,” which is currently reserved only for COVID-19 and polio.
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was re-elected to his position last month, announced the meeting in a June 14 tweet in which he called the outbreak “unusual & concerning” and noted the WHO will also rename the virus.
“For that reason I have decided to convene the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations next week, to assess whether this outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern,” he wrote.
“The 🌍 outbreak of #monkeypox is unusual & concerning. For that reason I have decided to convene the Emergency Committee under the
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