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WHO declares end of mpox global health emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday the end of the global public health emergency for mpox – formerly known as Monkeypox – a viral disease that spread rapidly in 2022, including in countries where it does not usually occur. “Yesterday, the emergency committee for mpox met and recommended to me that the multicountry outbreak of mpox no longer represents a public health emergency of international concern,” said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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