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WHO says monkeypox not currently a global health emergency

Test tubes labelled "Monkeypox virus positive and negative" are seen in this illustration. (Reuters file photo)

GENEVA: The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently amount to a global public health emergency.

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened a committee of experts on Thursday to decide whether to sound the UN health agency's strongest alarm over the outbreak, which has mainly affected western Europe.

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