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There's growing frustration among health care professionals that enough is not being done to prevent a widespread outbreak of monkeypox. It comes days after the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency.

The World Health Organization has designated the Monkeypox virus as a public health emergency of international concern, with transmission likely through "close skin to skin contact." Dr. Anthony Fauci joins Morning Joe to discuss the global impact of Monkeypox and what you need to know to stay safe. "We've got to focus our efforts on outreach, on getting therapy, on getting vaccines, and getting tested-- but it's something to be taken seriously."

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

Dr. Amesh Adalja, senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, answers questions about the monkeypox.

Dr. Amesh Adalja, the senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, answers questions about the monkeypox.

The World Health Organization declares monkeypox a global health emergency

The World Health Organization declares Monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of 'international concern'.

The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an "extraordinary" situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

The World Health Organization says monkeypox is now a global health emergency.

Concern of rising monkeypox cases has led the head of the world health organization to make an important declaration.

The World Health Organization has declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.

Cole Higgins reports.

The World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries now qualifies as a global emergency

The chief of the World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency.

The World Health Organization's director-general said the monkeypox virus can be stopped with the right strategies as he declared it a global emergency.

After the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, News4JAX talked to a local infectious disease specialist to learn more about the rise of the infection.

WHO declared a global health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. So far this year, there have been more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 75 countries.

More than 70 countries are reporting cases of Monkeypox. The U.S. has over 2,900 infections.

Georgia has recorded more than 200 cases.

The emergency declaration mostly serves as a plea to draw more global resources and attention to an outbreak.

In our news wrap Saturday, the WHO announced the monkeypox virus has now reached more than 70 countries and should be treated as a global emergency, two Americans were killed in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region while elsewhere Russia targeted Odesa, doctors say President Biden most likely contracted the BA-5 variant, and a raging wildfire near Yosemite triggered widespread evacuations.

The chief of the World Health Organization says the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency. The head of the U.N. health agency made the decision to issue the declaration Saturday after WHO’s expert committee didn't reach a consensus. Monkeypox has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades. It wasn't known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May. That's when authorities detected epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 74 countries.

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern as nearly 17,000 cases have been reported globally. NBC News medical contributor Dr. Uche Blackstock explains what action will follow the declaration and whether the U.S. will declare its own national public health emergency.

Joe Khalil reports for the KTLA 5 News at 5 on July 23, 2022.

"The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. "