Governor Kathy Hochul has declared New York's monkeypox outbreak a 'State Disaster Emergency,' and issued an executive order to allow the state to respond more swiftly to the outbreak.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a disaster emergency in New York as officials try to stop the spread of monkeypox.New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared the state's monkeypox outbreak a "State Emergency Disaster" on Friday.
"After reviewing the latest data on the monkeypox outbreak in New York State, I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our aggressive ongoing efforts to confront this outbreak," Governor Hochul said in a statement. "More than one in four monkeypox cases in this country are in New York State, and we need to utilize every tool in our arsenal as we respond."
A lack of vaccines has left many people frustrated and in response, the Biden administration announced that the United States will be receiving nearly 800,000 doses of the vaccine. The New York State Health Department has declared the monkeypox outbreak an imminent threat to public health in the state, as cases continue to spread nationwide.
"The mistakes we saw during the COVID-19 pandemic are already being repeated," said Dr. Boghuma Kabisen Titanji, an assistant professor of medicine at Emory University.
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