WHO declares Mpox a global public health emergency

The World Health Organization has declared a global public health emergency, following an outbreak of a new strain of the mpox virus in the continent of Africa. The virus - formerly known as monkeypox - can be passed on through close contact and causes flu-like symptoms and lesions on the body and can be deadly. It's now been detected in at least 13 African countries, but one country has been hit particularly hard - the Democratic republic of Congo.

In a significant move to curb the rising threat of mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the ongoing outbreak a global public health emergency....

The outbreak of monkeypox has been deemed a global public health emergency by the World Health Organisation.

Three individuals arriving from the UAE were diagnosed with monkeypox in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and quarantined. The World Health Organization...