In Africa monkeypox had been known to take lives, and now that the virus has spread around the world, it is claiming the lives of people outside of the continent. Brazil was the first country outside Africa to report the first case on the 29th of July, when a 41-year-old man died due to the virus. Following a worldwide upsurge in cases, the World Health Organization has given the monkeypox outbreak the highest alert they can issue and declared a global health emergency. Should Monkeypox be declared a global emergency ?
