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The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an emergency committee on Thursday of next week to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern.

That is the highest level of warning issued by the U.N. agency, which currently applies only to the COVID-19 pandemic and polio.

There have been 1,600 confirmed and 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox this year and 72 deaths, the WHO said, in 39 countries, including the countries where the virus usually spreads.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday that mass vaccinations are not required nor recommended against monkeypox at this time.

WHO assesses monkeypox risk to be high in Europe, and moderate in other regions.

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