Mpox is still a health emergency, WHO says

The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) 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. — Reuters