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The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an Emergency Committee to discuss an expanding outbreak of a dangerous strain of mpox in Sub-Saharan Africa, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. The Emergency Committee consists of a panel of experts who advise Tedros on whether the WHO should declare a “public health emergency of international concern.” Tedros said the committee will meet “as soon as possible and will be made up of independent experts from a range of relevant disciplines from around the world.” Alarm grew after cases were reported from four countries …

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