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WHO declares mpox a global health emergency

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World Health Organization declares mpox surge in Africa a global public health emergency. [Standard, File]

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared the mpox surge in Africa was now a global public health emergency, sounding its highest possible alarm over the worsening situation.

The WHO called a meeting of experts to study the outbreak and make a recommendation to the UN health agency's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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