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California declares monkeypox emergency, finds 827 confirmed cases

JAKARTA, celebrities.id – California declares emergency for monkeypox or monkey pox. This was conveyed by the Governor of California Gavin reported by CNA.

It aims to strengthen vaccination efforts to slow the spread of the outbreak, which has infected more than 5,800 Americans. So far, California confirmed 827 monkey pox case.

It is also the second-largest state, with over 1,390 documented infections in New York, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The first case of monkeypox in the United States, confirmed in Massachusetts on May 20. As well as the first case in California, from someone who had traveled overseas, it was confirmed five days later.

Meanwhile, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the situation monkeypox emergency last week. Because in his state, accounted for one in four US cases reported to date.

With respect to monkeypox, it is necessary to understand it spreads through close physical contact. It tends to cause flu-like symptoms and pus-filled skin lesions, although it is rarely fatal.

For your information, it is wrong or the country that has recently reported deaths from monkeypox is Spain.

Launching The Guardian on Tuesday (2/8/2022), the Spanish health ministry report said 4,298 cases had been confirmed in the country. Of the 3,750 patients informed, 120 or 3.2 percent had been hospitalized, and two died.

Publisher : Tia Ayunita

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