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June 9, 20252:37 PM UTCUpdated ago
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June 9 (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.
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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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