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    Hochul of New York has declared a state of emergency due to the monkeypox

    The West NewsBy The West NewsJuly 30, 2022Updated:July 30, 20222 Mins Read
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    Hochul of New York has declared a state of emergency due to the monkeypox
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    Hochul of New York has declared a state of emergency due to the monkeypox

    The ongoing spread of monkeypox prompted New York Governor Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency on Friday night.

    In order to expedite the response and delivery of vaccines, she claimed that the declaration of an emergency would be the best course of action. New York’s health commissioner pronounced monkeypox a “imminent threat to public health.” just one day before.

    In an effort to ramp up the fight against the monkeypox outbreak, Hochul tweeted on Friday, “I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency.

    Hochul said that the virus, which causes rashes and sores all over the body as well as in the extremities and genital area, is making a comeback in the state. Hochul said.

    According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), New York has the most cases (1,345), followed by California (799).

    According to Hochul’s report, the state of New York has more than one-fourth of the country’s monkeypox cases.

    As a result of the executive order, the governor’s office said in a statement that EMS workers, pharmacists, midwives, doctors, and certified nurse practitioners are now permitted to administer immunizations.

    According to the governor’s office, the state has already begun acquiring additional vaccines, increasing testing, and disseminating information via a state website and text message alert system.

    Hochul announced on Thursday that the state now has 170,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccination thanks to a fresh federal government allocation.

    The governor underlined the need of distributing immunizations to areas where the disease is spreading quickly.

    According to a late-Friday statement, “It’s especially important to recognise the ways in which this outbreak is currently having a disproportionate impact on certain at-risk groups,”

    Physical contact with the virus can cause flu-like symptoms, and the effects of the infection can continue for up to four weeks.

    The World Health Organization has issued a recommendation for males who have sex with men to limit their sexual partners as a precaution because they are in the virus’ highest-risk cohort.

    According to the CDC, monkeypox cases have been found in 71 countries this year that had never seen the disease before.

    As of Friday, the CDC had counted 5,189 cases across the country this year.

    Yesterday, the mayor of San Francisco declared a health emergency because of the virus.

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