WHO has declared a new global health emergency

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I’m currently abroad so my bbc news website is defaulting to worldwide. The WHO has declared a global health emergency for MPox. They have significant concerns that it won’t be contained in Africa.

weird that it isn’t even mentioned on the Uk bbc site.

I’ve seen on other news sites as well as BBC

Yes it is on the bbc website in the uk and has been since last night - top story

It was mentioned on the main BBC news last night and is on the website (but yes you need to look at "world news" not UK news)

Top stories on BBC News and above the fold in the Guardian

I caught the end of a section on bbc news a couple of days ago where they were talking about something like this but saying no cases had been recorded in the UK so far. This must have been what it was. I’ll stay unconcerned for now

What will be will be.

I'm sure our current government is fully prepared and has a strategy all ready to roll out - unlike the previous one.

I heard it in the uk yesterday morning.

So getting it last night is behind the uk

Yeah it was discussed at length yesterday and this morning on BBC Breakfast with a report from the Congo where the main outbreak is. It is also a big story the main newspapers this morning.

Must be my phone. It’s showing me headline news in the Uk is someone called molly who was on love island…

This is the second time in three years a global health emergency has been declared for mpox.

"A milder version of the virus spread to more than 100 countries in 2022, largely through sexual contact, prompting the WHO to declare a public health emergency of international concern on 23 July 2022 - its highest level of alert.
A total of 2,137 cases had been confirmed in the UK at that stage, but by 31 December 2022 that number had soared to 3,732 cases - 3,553 were in England, 34 in Northern Ireland, 97 in Scotland and 48 in Wales.
The WHO ended the emergency 10 months later, saying the health crisis had come under control."

https://news.sky.com/story/how-does-mpox-spread-and-what-is-the-risk-to-the-rest-of-the-world-13196809

So hopefully this one will be managed too.

Thank you. That’s very interesting.

In a similar way there is periodic - and entirely justified - concern about viral haemorrhagic fevers that break out from time to time, generally in Africa I believe. I’m glad we have international monitoring and warning about infectious disease.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/mpox/

The real risk is for those who have sex with lots of people. It is not sexually transmitted, but can only be spread by close contact i.e. you need to touch the weeping blisters. Those drunk, out late at night picking up a sexual partner and then having sex are most at risk. Because you don't know the person, and when you are drunk you won't necessarily notice any open blisters on the persons body when you are in bed with them.

I heard about this on LBC early this morning. I must admit my heart sank. I thought 'Oh no,please not another series of lockdowns, wearing masks, social distancing,not being able to see my friends and family,and shops being wiped bare of everything. I don't think I could go through all that again.

@JohnTheRevelator that will not happen. At worst it will be telling our young people not to have physical contact with someone else unless they can see they have no blisters. And if a case is found at a nursery a few days close down while they check if it has been passed on. And possibly being told not to shake hands at work.

The BBC are now reporting as breaking news that there's a case in Sweden.

The headline news each of us see is driven by an algorithm based on your previous activity. so it differs

We prepared for monkeypox last time so the nhs plans will be the same

Actually, it seems the Swedish case was contracted in a country in Africa, and they say there's no reason to think it might spread any further in Sweden.

First case of more contagious mpox found outside Africa www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqr5lrpwxo

You won't. That isn't going to happen now, because it's quite clear the population wouldn't have it.

While that was the case for the milder version of the virus, the same can’t be said for this new strain/Clade unfortunately

I thought this was an sti? So whilst concerning maybe to some it shouldn’t be a problem for most.

Doesn't sound fun. How did it carry over from non human primate to humans if it's an STD. mPox, is not a huge improvement in terms of rebrand.

That's not the BBC! 😂