Monkeypox Named a Global Emergency; WHO Chief Cites ‘Multiple Sexual Partners’ As High Risk Factor

As he declared monkeypox to be a “public health emergency of international concern,” World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted on Saturday that the viral disease, now recorded in more than 70 countries, is currently “concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexual partners.”