NY Gov. Hochul declares state emergency over monkeypox

New York, July 30 (BNA): Late Friday night, New York Governor Kathy Hochhol declared a state of emergency in the state due to the continuing spread of monkeypox.

“I am declaring a state of disaster emergency to reinforce our ongoing efforts to tackle the monkeypox outbreak,” Hochul wrote on Twitter. https://bit.ly/3oFYEMB, Reuters reported.

She added that more than one in four cases of smallpox in the United States is in New York, and it also has a disproportionate impact on risk groups.

As of July 29, New York state had a total of 1,383 confirmed cases of orthopoxvirus/monkeypox, according to the New York Department of Health website.

Earlier on Friday, Brazil and Spain reported their first monkey wall-related deaths outside of 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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