Maldives Initiates Precautionary Measures Following WHO's Global Threat Declaration on Mpox

The Maldives has begun implementing necessary measures in response to the World Health Organization's (WHO) declaration that mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) has become a global threat, particularly prevalent in the African region.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that the organization's emergency committee had concluded that the situation posed a global threat.