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The agency said the cases appeared to be linked to a monkeypox virus that was first detected in exported cases from Nigeria to Britain, Israel and Singapore in 2018 and 2019.

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“As we enter the summer season,” said Hans Kluge, Europe’s WHO spokesman said on Friday, “with mass gatherings, festivals and parties, I am concerned that transmission [of monkeypox] could accelerate.”

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