The Mpox outbreak continues to represent a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday. The WHO first declared the emergency in August, when an outbreak of a new form of mpox spread from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says it will keep its alert for mpox at the highest level amid a surge in cases. A WHO committee made up of about a dozen independent experts made the decision at a meeting in Geneva on Friday,

There have been more than 46,000 suspected cases across Africa and more than 1,000 suspected deaths; Canada has reported its first case of clade 1 mpox; the WHO has now approved of a Japanese mpox vaccine for use in children The Mpox outbreak continues to represent a public health emergency,

Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced on Friday (Nov 22) that the mpox virus continues to constitute an international public health emergency.