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    WHO expert SLAPS DOWN The Today Show host over Covid question after monkeypox emergency declaration

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    Today host’s Covid question sparks an angry response from expert as the WHO declares a public health emergency for monkeypox: ‘Actually that’s wrong’

    • Monkeypox has been declared global public health emergency by the WHO 
    • WHO epidemiologist Dr Margaret Harris was asked if this was an ‘overreaction’
    • Today Show’s Charles Croucher asked if WHO’s response to Covid was ‘too slow’
    • Dr Harris hit back and said he was ‘wrong’ and the WHO alerted the world early

    By Eliza Mcphee For Daily Mail Australia

    Published: 23:51 GMT, 24 July 2022 | Updated: 23:58 GMT, 24 July 2022

    A host on The Today Show was put in his place by an expert from the World Health Organisation after he questioned if they were ‘too slow’ in their response to Covid.

    The WHO has now declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has been seen in more than 70 countries, a global public health emergency.

    There are more than 16,000 cases worldwide and including upwards of 40 in Australia.

    WHO epidemiologist Dr Margaret Harris appeared on the breakfast show on Monday morning and was asked whether the declaration was an ‘overreaction’.

    WHO epidemiologist Dr Margaret Harris appeared on The Today Show on Monday morning to discuss the recent declaration of monkeypox as a global public health emergency

    WHO epidemiologist Dr Margaret Harris appeared on The Today Show on Monday morning to discuss the recent declaration of monkeypox as a global public health emergency

    ‘Doctor, I guess there’s some concern because with the benefit of hindsight, now we remember those months in early 2020 when Covid was building around the world and the World Health Organisation didn’t declare it an emergency,’ co-host Charles Croucher said.

    ‘Is this a reaction to, perhaps, being too slow on that front?’

    Dr Harris replied: ‘Actually that’s wrong.

    ‘We also declared a public health emergency of international concern for Covid on January 30, 2020, but we did that early again because we didn’t want it to become a pandemic.

    There are more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide and over 40 in Australia

    There are more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox worldwide and over 40 in Australia

    ‘That’s, again, why we declare these things early, to try to get the world together.’

    Dr Harris said the reason for declaring monkeypox a global emergency so early on was to raise awareness, and ‘bring the international scientific community together’ to work on combating the virus.

    She added the WHO was concerned the virus would have disastrous impacts on those who were immunosuppressed.

    ‘We want the world to take it seriously and take the actions we’ve recommended and we want those actions taken now,’ she said.

    Dr Harris said the reason for declaring monkeypox (pictured) a global emergency so early on was to raise awareness, and 'bring the international scientific community together' to work on combating the virus

    Dr Harris said the reason for declaring monkeypox (pictured) a global emergency so early on was to raise awareness, and ‘bring the international scientific community together’ to work on combating the virus

    Co-host Ally Langdon then asked if the the emergency declaration may be sparking fear in the community unnecessarily.

    Dr Harris said that was a factor taken into consideration when the decision was made. 

    ‘There is also concern that people would then stigmatise the populations in which the virus is transmitting very rapidly,’ she said.

    ‘And it is a hard one because you don’t want people to say, “Oh, you’re overreacting”, or you don’t want people to panic unnecessarily.’

    WHAT IS MONKEYPOX? 

    Monkeypox – often caught through handling monkeys – is a rare viral disease that kills around 10 per cent of people it strikes, according to figures.

    The virus responsible for the disease is found mainly in the tropical areas of west and central Africa.

    Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958, with the first reported human case in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970. Human cases were recorded for the first time in the US in 2003 and the UK in September 2018.

    It resides in wild animals but humans can catch it through direct contact with animals, such as handling monkeys, or eating inadequately cooked meat. 

    The virus can enter the body through broken skin, the respiratory tract, or the eyes, nose or mouth.

    It can pass between humans via droplets in the air, and by touching the skin of an infected individual, or touching objects contaminated by them. 

    Symptoms usually appear within five and 21 days of infection. These include a fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, chills and fatigue.

    The most obvious symptom is a rash, which usually appears on the face before spreading to other parts of the body. This then forms skin lesions that scab and fall off.

    Monkeypox is usually mild, with most patients recovering within a few weeks without treatment. Yet, the disease can often prove fatal.

    There are no specific treatments or vaccines available for monkeypox infection, according to the World Health Organization. 

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