The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said up to 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection. The declaration would allow officials to issue emergency orders under the city’s health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to slow the spread. In the past two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency and the state health department has called monkeypox an “imminent public health threat.” New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. California had the second, with 799. “We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more installments as they become available,” Adams and Vasan said in the statement. “This outbreak must be addressed with urgency, action and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the gravity of the moment.” The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23. The once-rare disease has established itself in parts of central and western Africa for decades, but it was not known to have sparked major outbreaks across the continent or spread widely to humans until May, when authorities identified dozens of outbreaks in Europe , North America and elsewhere. To date, more than 22,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo. On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa. Spain reported a second death from monkeypox on Saturday. The virus is spread through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact, as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing. In Europe and North America, it has spread mainly among men who have sex with men, although health officials stress that the virus can infect anyone. The type of monkeypox virus found in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks. But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful.

title: “New York Declares Monkeypox A Public Health Emergency " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-06” author: “Regina Bohman”

The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said up to 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection.  The declaration would allow officials to issue emergency orders under the city’s health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to slow the spread.
In the past two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency and the state health department has called monkeypox an “imminent public health threat.”
New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  California had the second, with 799.
“We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more installments as they become available,” Adams and Vasan said in the statement.  “This outbreak must be addressed with urgency, action and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the gravity of the moment.”
The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23, and the mayor of San Francisco on Thursday declared a state of emergency due to the rising number of cases.
The once-rare disease has been established in parts of central and western Africa for decades, but it was not known to have sparked major outbreaks outside the continent or spread widely to humans until May, when authorities detected dozens of outbreaks in Europe, North America and elsewhere.  .
To date, more than 22,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo.  On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa.  Spain reported a second death from monkeypox on Saturday.
The virus is spread through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact, as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing.  In Europe and North America, it has spread mainly among men who have sex with men, although health officials stress that the virus can infect anyone.
The type of monkeypox virus found in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks.  But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful.

title: “New York Declares Monkeypox A Public Health Emergency " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-21” author: “Reyna Brooks”

The announcement Saturday by Mayor Eric Adams and Health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan said up to 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection.  The declaration would allow officials to issue emergency orders under the city’s health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to slow the spread.
In the past two days, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency and the state health department has called monkeypox an “imminent public health threat.”
New York had recorded 1,345 cases as of Friday, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  California had the second, with 799.
“We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more installments as they become available,” Adams and Vasan said in the statement.  “This outbreak must be addressed with urgency, action and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the gravity of the moment.”
The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23, and the mayor of San Francisco on Thursday declared a state of emergency due to the rising number of cases.
The once-rare disease has been established in parts of central and western Africa for decades, but it was not known to have sparked major outbreaks outside the continent or spread widely to humans until May, when authorities detected dozens of outbreaks in Europe, North America and elsewhere.  .
To date, more than 22,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo.  On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa.  Spain reported a second death from monkeypox on Saturday.
The virus is spread through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact, as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing.  In Europe and North America, it has spread mainly among men who have sex with men, although health officials stress that the virus can infect anyone.
The type of monkeypox virus found in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks.  But the lesions and blisters caused by the virus are painful.