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WHO confirms over 1,000 monkeypox cases in 29 countries

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Amid surging monkeypox infections across the globe, the World Health Organization on Wednesday said that there are more than 1,000 confirmed cases in 29 countries. The WHO added that the risk of monkeypox becoming established in non-endemic nations is "real." In a press conference, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged the affected countries to identify all cases and contacts to control the outbreak.