emergency late Friday night due to the growing monkeypox cases in
the state, Trend
reports citing Xinhua.
“I am declaring a State Disaster Emergency to strengthen our
aggressive ongoing efforts to confront this outbreak,” Hochul said
in a statement.
New York is experiencing the highest rates of monkeypox
transmission in the country, with 1,383 reported cases as of
Friday, showed the state data.
“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,” said Hochul.
The announcement came a day after the New York state
commissioner of health declared monkeypox an “imminent threat to
public health.”
More than 5,100 monkeypox cases had been reported across the
United States as of Friday, with New York recording the most cases,
followed by California, according to the latest data from the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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