WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted the dire situation in Northern Gaza, stating no functioning hospitals remain. Aid workers witnessed devastating scenes at damaged medical facilities, with rows of bodies outside Al-Ahli hospital and injured civilians inside Al-Shifa hospital. A video showed injured patients lacking proper treatment. The mission, only the third since hostilities paused on December 1, aimed to deliver aid. Israel has accused Hamas of using hospitals as command centers, a claim denied by Hamas and medical staff.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday declared that the multi-country outbreak of the mpox virus, which began around a year ago was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this while speaking to journalists in Geneva, a day after the emergency committee which made the emergency