Mpox is no longer an international health emergency , the World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said after experts reported a decline in infections from the dangerous disease in hot spots across Africa.

There had since been “sustained declines in cases” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and other affected countries including Burundi, Sierra Leone and Uganda, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

“The mpox Emergency Committee met yesterday and advised me that in its view, the situation no longer represents an international health emergency. I have accepted that advice,” the WHO director-general posted on X.

“Of course, lifting the emergency declaration does not mean the threat is over, nor that our response will stop,” he added, saying that the situation remained a

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