Mpox is still a health emergency, WHO says
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FILE PHOTO: A Nigerian health official prepares to administer a mpox vaccination to a woman, at Federal Medical Center in Abuja, Nigeria November 18, 2024. REUTERS/Marvellous Durowaiye
(Reuters) -The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, with the health body's director-general issuing a revised set of temporary recommendations.
The WHO first declared the emergency in August last year, when an outbreak of a new form of mpox spread from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.
A public health emergency of international concern is WHO's highest form of alert.
(Reporting by Jennifer Rigby and Nilutpal Timsina; Editing by Alex Richardson)
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