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USA: government declares public health emergency over monkeypox

Authorities declare US public health emergency over rise in monkeypox cases | Font: Andean / reference

The United States government announced this Thursday public health emergency due to an outbreak of monkeypox in a country already thousands of infections although there are no deaths so far.

“We are ready to accept our answer to the next level”, the US Secretary of Health explained this Thursday, Xavier Becerrain press statements

The declaration will enable national agencies to access emergency funds and facilitate vaccine management and treatment of the disease.

It will also help raise the awareness and information that authorities say is necessary to contain infections that are spreading rapidly in the country.

“We call on all Americans take monkeypox seriously and that they are taking on the responsibility of helping us deal with this virus,” the Minister of Health added.

special response team

Earlier this week, the White House announced the creation of a response team to combat the spread of monkeypox after it was criticized for being slow to procure vaccines and treatments.

Last week, the health authorities announced that over a million vaccines against the disease will be provided to the states in the coming days from which they have already been delivered 600 000Becerra announced.

In addition, they expect to receive other 150,000 doses in September and additional vaccinations in October and November.

Currently in the country more than 6500 monkeypox infections, the figure is much higher than the 4,600 registered last week.

Declaring a national emergency would also force states to share medical information about monkeypox with the federal authorities, speeding up emergency response, said Rochelle, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Valensky.

Two weeks ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) had already declared an international emergency over the outbreak. over 16,000 cases in 75 countries, many of them are European, and some are dead. (EFE)


Source: RPP

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