the who director general, tedros adhanom ghebreyesus, said 16—thousand cases of the virus had been reported than 70 countries. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly. the main modes of transmission about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria and the international health regulations. for all of this reasons, i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. emergency of international concern. let's get some of the day's other news. a wildfire near yosemite national park in california is spreading quickly threatening thousands of homes. central and north eastern regions of the us are also sweltering under extreme heat, with temperatures of 38 celsius forecast in washington and dallas. human rights watch has urged the new president of sri lanka, ranil wickremesingher, to order security forces to cease all use of force against anti—government protesters. the call came after hundreds of heavily armed soldiers stormed a section of the main protest site in colombo on friday. the hungarian pri

who director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus made the announcement saturday morning. >> there are now more than 16,000 reported cases from 75 countries and territories and five deaths. the assessment is the risk of monkeypox is moderate globally and in all regions except in the european region where weather risk is high. amy: monkeypox isn't fatal but can cause fever, rashes, and extremely painful lesions. it's most often spread through close intimate physical contact. we will have more on the who's decision and the u.s. decision not to call it a public health emergency after headlines. a federal jury has convicted former donald trump adviser steve bannon on two counts of contempt of congress for refusing to cooperate with the house select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. after trump lost the 2020 race, bannon helped devise ways to overturn the election and keep trump in the white house. and is expected to appeal. he is scheduled to be sentenced in october. he faces up to one to two years in prison. this comes as liz cheney says the janua

dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was speaking at a news conference in geneva.e said his scientific advisory committee had been divided on whether to declare an emergency, but he'd taken the decision based on the rapid spread of the virus. 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. he went on to say the outbreak was mainly concentrated among gay and bisexual men. although i am declaring a public health emergency of international concern, for the moment this is an outbreak that is concentrated among men who have sex with men, especially those with multiple sexua

dr tedros adhanom ghebreyesus was speaking at a news conference in geneva.fic advisory committee had been divided on whether to declare an emergency — but he'd taken the decision based on the rapid spread of the virus. 16 thousand cases of the disease have been reported in more than 70 five countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission, about which we understand too little and which meet the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern. damejenny harries is the chief executive of the uk health security agency. she explained what the uk is doing to combat the virus. well, forthe uk, the risk to individuals currently is no different today than it was yesterday following the who announcement, but of course, that doesn't mean th

this is world health organization director-general tedros adhanom ghebreyesus speaking on tuesday atl news conference in geneva. >> i am concerned cases of covid-19 continue to rise, putting further pressure on fragile health systems and health workers and also concerned about increasing trend of death. the emergency committee on covid-19 met on friday last week and concluded that the virus remains a public health emergency of international concern. amy: for more we are joined by ed yong, pulitzer prize-winning science writer at the atlantic . his most recent piece is titled "is ba.5 the 'reinfection wave'?" welcome back to democracy now! well, is it? explain exactly what it is an a level of possible as nation and deaths. >> moderna is a late -- ba.5 is the latest version of omicron variant's to hit the u.s. it is displacing its predecessor and causing a surge. ba.5's most important property is its ability to sneak past some of the immune defenses acquired by those who have been vaccinated by four or those who have been infected by earlier variants. that means everyone is a little le