Monkeypox outbreak ‘poses real risk’, WHO warns
Geneva | The worldwide monkeypox outbreak “poses a real risk”, the World Health Organisation has warned, after flagging an emergency meeting next week to decide whether to put the virus on a par with COVID-19.
A special WHO committee will assess whether to declare monkeypox a “public health emergency of international concern”, the label given to COVID-19 in January 2020, as the number of cases outside west Africa reaches 1900, spread across 30-plus countries.
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