Explainer: Why WHO is probing if Monkeypox needs global health emergency tag

The World Health Organization is convening a meeting of experts on June 23 to decide whether monkeypox needs to be declared a global health emergency like it had to do with Covid-19 over two years back. Unlike the novel coronavirus though, monkeypox is not a new disease. But while it has been around for decades, the appearance of cases where monkeypox is not usually seen and the manner of its spread have fuelled concern
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