“I am declaring a disaster emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to address the monkeypox outbreak,” Hochul tweeted. https://bit.ly/3oFYEMB He added that more than one in four cases of monkeypox in the United States are in New York, also having a disproportionate impact on at-risk groups. As of July 29, New York state had a total of 1,383 confirmed cases of orthopoxvirus/monkeypox, according to the New York Department of Health website. Earlier on Friday, Brazil and Spain reported the first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa. The World Health Organization last week declared a global health emergency, the highest level of alert, over the monkeypox outbreak. (Reporting by Juby Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Toby Chopra)
