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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ella Pickover

Monkeypox ‘could have been spreading undetected for years’ – WHO

Monkeypox could have been spreading for “months or possibly a couple of years” before it was detected in the latest outbreak, global health leaders have said.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that some 550 cases have been reported in the latest spike in cases across 30 countries where the virus is not commonly found.

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