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Monkeypox outbreak ‘poses real risk’, WHO warns

Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent

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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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Hans van Leeuwen covers British and European politics, economics and business from London. He has worked as a reporter, editor and policy adviser in Sydney, Canberra, Hanoi and London. Connect with Hans on Twitter. Email Hans at hans.vanleeuwen@afr.com

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