The World Health Organisation first declared mpox an international emergency in August last year. Photo: AP PHOTO

Mpox no longer represents an international health emergency, the World Health Organisation chief says.

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The viral infection spreads through close contact and typically causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions.

"This decision is based on sustained declines in cases and as in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in other affected countries including Burundi, Sierra Leone and Uganda," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

The WHO's director-general added the decision was

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