Reacción a "Reactions: Monkeypox declared an international emergency by WHO"

The declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the WHO comes at the right time. It comes at a time when it is clear that national control measures are not sufficient, that information to the population does not interrupt risk practices, that chains of transmission are being established not only linked to sexual practices, with intra-family contagion, even of children, and at a time when we see that access to vaccines and antiviral treatments is not universal. Not only is it not universal in developing countries, but also in countries such as Spain, where antivirals such as Tecovirimat are very limited, running out, and third generation vaccine doses are scarce and are not allowing a more ambitious vaccination plan for the at-risk population to be carried out.

What does the declaration mean? It means that international measures can be taken that should facilitate, above all, access to these vaccines and antiviral treatments by all countries. In our case, probably, to facilitate cooperation between European countries to distribute to those in greatest need.