On Saturday, the World Health Organization officially declared monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The CDC’s latest data shows there are 16,836 worldwide, the vast majority of them are in countries that have not historically reported monkeypox. They indicate the United States has 2,890 cases. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services reports 27 cases as of Friday. On Wednesday, Mecklenburg County reported 12 cases, which accounted for more than half of the state’s case count at the time.
