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World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus calls an "emergency" meeting of international representatives to discuss the spread of the mpox virus. With mpox spreading outside of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tedros adds that the WHO emergency committee would meet "as soon as possible" to advise him on "whether the outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern". SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization declares that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading across the world. Following falling cases numbers, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus tells an online press conference he is "pleased to declare" that he had accepted the advice of the UN agency's emergency committee on mpox to lift its highest level of alarm. SOUNDBITE
Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he will reconvene the monkeypox emergency committee by the week of the 18 July at the latest "so they are updated on the current epidemiology and evolution of the outbreak and implementation of counter-measures". SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization Director General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announces that he has decided to convene an emergency committee of international experts to assess whether the "clearly unusual and concerning" outbreak of monkeypox "represents a public health emergency of international concern". SOUNDBITE
"This is no longer a regional issue," says International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva of the new coronavirus epidemic, "it is a global problem, calling for a global response." Georgieva was addressing a news conference after the 189 members of the International Monetary Fund pledged to bring all available resources to bear to help countries combat the impact of the coronavirus. SOUNDBITE
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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