World Insights: Mpox declared global public health emergency, preventive measures to be stepped up

BEIJING, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month declared monkeypox (mpox) a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), sounding the alarm over its potential for further international transmission.

Mpox is "not the new Covid" and the risk to the general population is low, the WHO's regional director for Europe Dr. Hans Kluge has said.

The WHO has recommend