CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On 30 January 2020 following the recommendations of the Emergency Committee, the WHO Director General declared that the outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).

Detailed explanation-2: -1.1. WHO global health emergency. On 30th January 2020, the WHO declared the Chinese outbreak of COVID-19 to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern posing a high risk to countries with vulnerable health systems.

Detailed explanation-3: -1 The IHR is one of the six leadership priorities of the WHO programme of work, the purpose of which is to promote health and well-being. Declaring public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) is a cornerstone of the IHR.

Detailed explanation-4: -These included H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the polio outbreak in the context of polio eradication, the Zika virus outbreaks and associated neurological complications and more recently, the COVID-19 and the monkeypox multi-country outbreak.