CURRENT AFFAIRS

2022

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
WHO has declared the outbreak of which disease as a ‘public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)?
A
Monkeypox
B
African swine fever
C
Tomato Flu
D
Bird-Flu
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -On July 23, 2022, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

Detailed explanation-3: -Monkeypox: WHO declares a public health emergency of international concern. The World Health Organization has declared the global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) as public health measures taken fail to stem the disease’s spread.

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