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The WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency

A doctor administers a dose of the monkeypox vaccine on Saturday in London. (Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

The World Health Organization on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency.

"I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

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