New York, July 30 (BNA): The US state of New York has declared a state of emergency due to the continuing spread of monkeypox, according to Reuters.
“I am declaring a disaster emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to respond to the monkeypox outbreak,” New York Governor Kathy Hochhol said in a tweet on her official Twitter account, adding that more than one in four cases of monkeypox have occurred. In the United States in New York.
As of July 29, New York state had a total of 1,383 confirmed cases of monkeypox, according to the New York Department of Health website.
Moreover, yesterday Brazil and Spain reported their first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa.
Last week, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency, its highest level of alert, over an outbreak of monkeypox.
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