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WHO declares mpox public health emergency as cases surge in Africa

Global health body calls for action to tackle ‘very worrying’ outbreak of highly transmissible virus
Outbreaks of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, have been reported in 13 countries, where there have been 2,863 cases and 517 deaths this year

The World Health Organization has triggered a second international public health emergency in barely two years over an outbreak of mpox, in a sign of growing alarm over the infectious disease’s spread in Africa.

The Geneva-based UN body issued the announcement late on Wednesday, a day after the African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention made a similar move, and urged the world to help tackle a surge in cases in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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