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WHO says no fear currently that Monkeypox will turn into pandemic

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30-05-2022 | 23:57

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WHO says no fear currently that Monkeypox will turn into pandemic

The World Health Organization assured on Tuesday that there is no need for fear currently that the Monkeypox spread outside Africa would turn into a pandemic.

“At the moment, we are not concerned about a global pandemic,” Dr. Rosamund Lewis, head of WHO's smallpox department said answering a question about the possibility of this viral disease turning into a world pandemic during a media briefing,

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