(Washington) The United States declared a public health emergency over the monkeypox epidemic on Thursday, a decision that should free up funds, facilitate data collection and deploy more personnel to fight the disease.
Posted at 3:42 p.m.
“We are ready to step up our response to the virus and call on all Americans to take monkeypox seriously and do what is necessary to help us fight the virus,” said the US Secretary of Health. Xavier Becerra.