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New York government Kathy Hochul isn’t kidding when it comes to monkey pox… she just declared a statewide state of emergency to stem the growing spread of the disease.
I declare a state of emergency to strengthen our ongoing efforts to address the monkeypox outbreak.
This Executive Order will allow us to respond more quickly and empower health professionals to take additional steps that will help get more New Yorkers vaccinated.
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) July 30, 2022
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On Friday night, Hochul tweeted the announcement, stressing that 1 in 4 cases of monkey pox in the US come from New York, so she wants to generate a faster response to fight the virus and get more people vaccinated.
Her announcement comes just a day after the New York State Commissioner of Health called Monkeypox an “immediate threat to public health.”
Although the viral disease is almost never fatal, it can spread throughout the body and form rashes and lesions on limbs and *.
New York and California top the list of states with the most recorded cases of monkeypox… New York has 1,345 cases and California ranks second with 799, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Hochul’s executive order allows EMS personnel, pharmacists, midwives, physicians and certified nurse practitioners to administer vaccinations.
The governor said Thursday that New York was stockpiling monkeypox vaccines with an influx of 110,000 additional doses from the federal government, pushing the stockpile to 170,000.