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WHO declares second mpox international health emergency

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A nurse tests child suspected of being infected with mpox in Munigi, Democratic Republic of Congo, 19 July 2024. The WHO has declared a international health emergency over the spread of the virus, which has surged in DRC, mostly affecting children, but has now been found in neighbouring countries. © Arlette Bashizi/Reuters

The World Health Organization has declared an international health emergency around the surge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries, sounding its highest alarm over the spread of the virus for the second time since 2022.

“Today, the emergency committee met and advised me that in its view, the situation constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. I have accepted that advice,” the WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists after a meeting of experts on Wednesday.

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