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The European Medicines Agency-EMA has given the green light to a smallpox vaccine to extend its use against the spread of monkeypox.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief cautioned on Friday that the monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the previous two weeks and urged nations to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent.

The change in Climate causes severe risks to mental health and well-being, concluding a new WHO policy brief launched on Friday.

Multiple cases of the monkeypox virus have been detected in Belgium. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says it sees 'no cause for alarm', though it does recommend certain measures in the face of the virus' unusual spread.

Belgium has become the first nation to create a 21-day quarantine mandatory for monkeypox infected people after four cases were noticed in the previous week.