• WHO declares Monkeypox a global health emergency

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    WHO declares Monkeypox a global health emergency
    More than 16,000 cases have been reported from 75 countries and territories, and there have been five reported deaths.

    Digital Desk: The World Health Organization declared Monkeypox a global health emergency on Saturday.

    "The global monkeypox outbreak is a global health emergency of international concern," WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated.

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    Dr. Tedros mentioned that more than 16,000 cases have been reported from 75 countries and territories, and there have been five reported deaths, a month after the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations was established to determine whether the multi-country monkeypox outbreak represented a public health emergency of international concern.