And there will still likely occasionally be cases, dotting the globe -- from recent travels to or from Africa. But the pandemic concern -- internationally, is now abated. Africa -- specifically, sub-Saharan Africa still faces a daunting epidemic of Mpox Clade 1b. Here's the latest, from PBS reporting:
. . .The World Health Organization no longer considers the mpox outbreak in Africa to be an international health emergency, the U.N. agency’s director said Friday.
The new form of mpox emerged in early 2024 in Congo and neighboring African countries, spread through close contact including sex. WHO declared it a global health emergency in August of last year.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters Friday that an emergency panel created after the outbreak has advised that the situation is no longer an international emergency, and “I have accepted that advice. . . .”
The international emergency declaration, the agency’s highest level of warning about threatening health issues, triggers the release of resources and enhanced public awareness campaigns, among other measures.
“Of course, lifting the emergency declaration does not mean the threat is over, nor that our response will stop,” the WHO chief said. . . .
Now you know. Onward, resolutely -- all of the above, after an appeals court ruled yesterday (agreeing with the trial court / USDC Judge Amir Ali) that Trump's gutting of USAID was unlawful.
This is ANOTHER one that will have to ultimately be decided in the Supremes. Out.
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