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China to screen arrivals for mpox symptoms

China announced Friday it will begin screening people and goods entering the country for mpox over the next six months, just two days after the World Health Organization declared the virus a global health emergency.

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WHO's emergency committee to meet Aug 14 over Mpox

The World Health Organization's emergency committee will meet next Wednesday to decide whether to trigger its highest alert level over an Mpox outbreak sweeping through several African countries.

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WHO calls emergency committee on mpox spread

The World Health Organization's chief announced Wednesday he was urgently convening an expert committee to advise on whether the growing mpox outbreak in Africa should be declared an international emergency.

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WHO chief mulls calling emergency committee on mpox

The World Health Organization's chief said Sunday he was considering convening an expert committee to advise on whether the growing mpox outbreak in Africa should be declared an international emergency.

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Burundi records first three mpox cases

Burundi has detected its first three cases of mpox, the health ministry announced Thursday, raising fears that a new, deadlier strain of the virus had crossed the border.

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Huge rise in Mpox cases in DR Congo: govt

The Democratic Republic of Congo is suffering an "exponential rise" in the number of monkeypox cases, the government said Saturday.