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PUBLISHED JUL 5, 2022, 6:52 PM SGT


GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday (July 5) that 5,322 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox had been reported to it in the current outbreak, 85 per cent of which are in Europe.

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"From Jan 1 to June 30 this year, we have 5,322 laboratory-confirmed cases and one death," WHO spokeswoman Fadela Chaib told reporters in Geneva.

The number has increased by 56 per cent in eight days.


https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europ...p-5000-who