Morning brief: Indian doctors launch services shutdown; WHO says no border closure on mpox crisis, and more
Morning news brief: August 17, 2024
Indian Medical Association has launched a 24-hour shutdown of non-emergency services across India while protesting the Kolkata trainee doctor horror. The latest global health emergency, mpox, has stoked precautionary measures across the world but the WHO has said that there is no need to close the borders.
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