Hochul wrote on Twitter: "I declare that new york has entered a state of disaster, and we need to increase our efforts to deal with the outbreak of monkeypox." She added that more than a quarter of monkeypox cases in the United States occurred in New York State, which also had a great impact on high-risk groups.
According to the website of the New York State Department of Health, as of July 29th, local time, there were 1383 confirmed cases of monkeypox in New York State. Brazil and Spain reported the first case of monkeypox-related death outside Africa. Last week, the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, which was its highest alert.
With the increase of cases in the United States, Indiana officials confirmed last week that two children in the state tested positive for monkeypox. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that there is some preliminary evidence that children under the age of 8 may have a more serious situation if they are infected with monkeypox.
On August 1 day local time, Illinois became the second state in the United States to declare monkeypox as a public health emergency. Governor Plic said in a press release that Illinois will become a "disaster area" for the monkeypox virus.
According to the data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 22,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide, of which nearly 5,200 cases have been reported in the United States. Now, almost every state in the United States has reported cases of monkeypox, and there are no confirmed cases in Montana, Vermont and Wyoming.
Monkeypox is a viral disease of human beings and animals. The symptoms of human beings are similar to those seen in smallpox patients in the past. However, since smallpox was eliminated in the world in 1980, smallpox no longer exists, and monkeypox is still distributed in some parts of Africa. On the afternoon of July 23rd, 2022 15pm, the World Health Organization held a press conference in Geneva. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the monkeypox epidemic was listed as a "public health emergency of international concern".