Lee, Shui-Shan2026-10-192023-07-15Lee, S.-S., Bockarie, M. J., & Al‐Tawfiq, J. A. (2023). Was the public health emergency status of mpox ended too soon? International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 134, 301–302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.02410.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.024https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.024https://dspace.njala.edu.sl/handle/20.500.144402/1152In July 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the multi-country outbreak of monkeypox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/23-07-2022-who-director-general-declares-the-ongoing-monkeypox-outbreak-a-public-health-event-of-international-concern. Ten months later, on 11 May 2023, the emergency status was ended, given the sustained decrease of cases. As of the end of June 2023, a cumulative total of over 88000 confirmed cases, including 147 deaths, have been reported globally \[1\].enCC BY-NC-NDVaccinationArticle