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WHO has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern, but will continue to monitor the outbreak.

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The World Health Organization's chief said Saturday that the monkeypox outbreak was a deeply concerning evolving threat but did not currently constitute a global health emergency. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus convened a committee of experts on Thursday to advise him whether to sound the UN health agency's strongest alarm…

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.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided not to declare monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. This may change in the future.

The World Health Organization opted against calling the recent monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.