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Africa CDC declares mpox surge its first continental health emergency

WHO will convene an emergency panel to determine if the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global public health emergency.

Africa CDC's Director Dr. Jean Kaseya gives a Zoom briefing on mpox.
Africa CDC's Director Dr. Jean Kaseya gives a Zoom briefing on mpox. (AN/Africa CDC)

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention classified the mpox outbreak that has now spread to 15 nations as a continental public health emergency, the first such declaration in its history. 

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