The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency to help build the federal response.
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Seconds CNNthe Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday.
President Biden’s health secretary, Xavier Becerra, made the announcement, declaring that the monkeypox outbreak is now a national health emergency. The virus now poses a significant risk to Americans, and the declaration will set in motion plans to help contain the threat, according to the New York Times.
“We are ready to take our response to the next level to address this virus and urge all Americans to take monkeypox seriously,” Health Secretary Xavier Becerra said at a news conference, according to he said. the NYT.
The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency a week ago, he said the NYT.
US public health officials are working with the Biden administration to develop a plan to use public health emergency authorities so the vaccine distribution process can be sped up, he said. Politician.
The Associated Press said the statement comes after more than 6,600 Americans have been infected with monkeypox. It also comes after the Biden administration has faced criticism over the “pace of vaccine availability.” Clinics in two areas that have already declared a public health emergency, New York and California, have not received enough vaccine to meet demand.
The White House said it has more than 1.1 million doses of the monkeypox vaccine, according to tMt. It also said it helped “increase national diagnostic capacity to 80,000 tests per week”.
The NYT said the supply of the monkeypox vaccine, Jynneos, is “severely constrained” and declaring a national emergency will not help alleviate the shortage. Rather, it will help the administration take faster steps to facilitate access to the drug, tecovirimat, that will treat the disease.
Earlier in the week, the Biden administration appointed top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as White House coordinators, to help combat the monkey pox outbreak in the US, he has reported. the P.
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