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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Rebecca Daly

WHO to hold meeting to decide if monkeypox should be a global public health emergency

The World Health Organisation has announced plans to re-evaluate whether the outbreak of monkeypox would constitute a public health emergency of international concern.

It comes as cases of the virus have been spreading globally in recent weeks.

Despite the WHO’s Emergency Committee agreeing that the outbreak did not warrant such a declaration at the end of June, they now want to reassess cases of the virus, using the latest data and reports.

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