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Medics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) are confident the virus will not cause a pandemic, but are considering whether it should be categorised as a "potential public health emergency of international concern"

She said there were still many unknowns

The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow…

UK has highest number of cases at 106, followed by Portugal, which has 4

The WHO has consistently advised against vaping

Officials have said that countries should be on alert for signals of the virus.

World Health Organisation pandemic chief Sylvie Briand said the current monkeypox outbreak could be the "peak of the iceberg" as non-endemic countries report cases

Health officials are monitoring the condition of 12 people who were in close contact with a traveller diagnosed with monkeypox who transited through Thailand for two hours while en route to Australia.

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