NEW - In March 2021, NTI partnered with the Munich Security Conference to conduct a tabletop exercise simulating a global pandemic involving an unusual strain of #monkeypox caused by a terrorist attack using a pathogen engineered in a laboratory.

https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/strengthening-global-systems-to-prevent-and-respond-to-high-consequence-biological-threats/

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JUST IN - Germany's Standing Commission on Vaccination (STIKO) recommends vaccination against #monkeypox for "at-risk groups."

It begins.

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JUST IN - WHO will convene an emergency committee next week to determine whether the #monkeypox outbreak represents a health emergency of international concern.

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NOW - WHO's Tedros: "I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern."

Tedros and WHO leadership overruled a panel of advisers who voted against the declaration (8 against, 6 in favor).

https://www.disclose.tv/id/1550846981764964353/

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NOW - Tedros calls on all social media platforms to work with the WHO to counter #monkeypox "disinformation."

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JUST IN - Governor Newsom declares state of emergency in California over #monkeypox.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/1554384031789322243/

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JUST IN - HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra declares #monkeypox a public health emergency in the United States.

https://www.disclose.tv/id/1555247578937266176/

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