The WHO's dashboard showed that 50,496 cases and 16 deaths had been flagged up to the UN health agency, which declared the outbreak a global public health emergency. The WHO triggered its highest level of alarm on July 24, classifying it as a public health emergency of international concern, alongside Covid-19. 🔎WHO chief on monkeypox : "In the Americas, which accounts for more than half of reported cases, several countries continue to see increasing numbers of infections, although it is encouraging to see a sustained downward trend in Canada," he told a press conference. "Some European countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, are also seeing a clear slowing of the outbreak, demonstrating the effectiveness of public health interventions and community engagement to track infections and prevent transmission. A surge in monkeypox infections has been reported since early May among men who have sex with me...