Director of the World Health Organization: Chickenpox is no longer an international emergency

The Director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Jibrisus, announced on Friday that a monkey water pucker virus is no longer a general emergency at international level. The virus is distributed by direct contact, and usually causes symptoms similar to flu symptoms and a rash full of pus. “This decision is based on the ongoing decline in cases, as is the case in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries affected, including Burundi, Sierra Leone and Uganda,” Jibrisus said. Jibrisus indicated that the decision was issued on the recommendation of the organization’s emergency committee, which meets every three months to judge the outbreak. The organization declared a state of emergency for the first time in August last year, when a new form of illness was distributed from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was severely affected by neighboring countries. The state of overall health case at international level is the highest level of warnings issued by the World Health Organization. The UN organization approved the “Bavarian Nordic” vaccine for monkeys in September after criticizing the slowdown in the approval of vaccines.