Monkeypox declared disease of significance. So how long before the mandates?

The Slippery Slope · Jul 28, 2022 · 6m · transcript

Monkeypox declared disease of significance

The country's chief medical officer has upgraded the federal response to monkeypox in the wake of the World Health Organisation listing the disease as a global emergency.

Monkeypox has now been declared a communicable disease incident of national significance.

The declaration means the response to monkeypox will have national coordination in order to assist states and territories with outbreaks.

The declaration also means monkeypox will require national policies, interventions, public messages or resources to assist affected areas.

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