New York City joins San Francisco in declaring a state of emergency for the Monkeypox virus.
July 29, 2022
New York City joins San Francisco in declaring a state of emergency for the Monkeypox virus.
Officials are saying New York City is the epicenter of the Monkeypox outbreak. Many anxiously waiting in line to get a vaccine.
The governor of the State of New York Kathy Hochul late on Friday declared an emergency in the state over the continued spread of monkeypox.
“I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to confront the monkeypox outbreak,” Hochul tweeted.
She added that more than one in four monkeypox cases in the United States are in New York, also having a disproportionate impact on at-risk groups.
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