The World Health Organization said on the 25th that the monkeypox epidemic spread in more than 50 countries and regions will not constitute a "public health emergency of international concern". On the 23rd, the WHO emergency committee held a meeting on the multi-national monkeypox epidemic. On the 25th, it issued a report to who director general Tan Desai, suggesting that the epidemic should not be classified as a "public health emergency of international concern". Tan Desai said in a statement on the same day: "the meeting of the emergency committee (on monkeypox epidemic) itself reflects the growing concern about the international spread of monkeypox." The committee will meet again in the future as needed to assess the epidemic situation. The statement of the committee said that some expert members proposed that "the risk of further and sustained transmission (monkeypox) to the wider population should not be ignored", and stressed that monkeypox virus activities "have been neglected in some countries in the WHO African region for many years and have not been well controlled". In addition to the unanimous recognition of the urgency of monkeypox epidemic, the emergency committee also put forward a series of detailed conditions for future reassessment of the epidemic. For example, if the number of reported cases accelerates in the next 21 days, the epidemic spreads seriously internationally or within countries, or the incidence rate, mortality and hospitalization rate increase, the director general of who will reconvene the Committee for further assessment. In addition, tandesay urged all countries to strengthen epidemic surveillance, improve diagnosis, community participation and risk communication, and properly use public health measures such as treatment, vaccines, case tracking and isolation. He also called on who members to cooperate, share information and contact affected communities to quickly and effectively communicate protective measures. Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis caused by monkeypox virus infection. In the past few weeks, a number of monkeypox virus cluster cases have been reported in several European and American countries, most of which have had sex with men. According to the who, monkeypox cases often occur in West and Central Africa, while the confirmed and suspected cases reported by many countries do not have any travel history in monkeypox endemic areas, which is not normal. (Xinhua News Agency)