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Posted: Sat, July 30, 2022, 12:30 p.m
The US state of New York has declared a state of emergency due to the continued spread of monkey pox, Reuters reported.
In a tweet on her official Twitter account, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul said: “I am declaring a state disaster emergency to bolster our ongoing efforts to deal with the monkeypox outbreak “, adding that more than one in four cases of monkey pox. in the United States they are in New York.
As of July 29, New York State had a total of 1,383 confirmed cases of smallpox, according to the New York Department of Health website.
Also, Brazil and Spain reported the first monkeypox-related deaths outside of Africa yesterday.
The World Health Organization last week declared a global health emergency, its highest alert level, over the monkeypox outbreak.
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