Monkeypox declared a global public health emergency: World Health Organization | ABC News

The World Health Organization has declared mpox outbreaks in Africa a global public health emergency, with more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths reported. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the possibility of the virus spreading further is ‘very worrying’.

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