SOLOPOS.COM – Illustration of detecting monkeypox virus. (Freepik.com)
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Solopos.com, JAKARTA-The United States (US) government on Thursday (4/8/2022) stated: monkey pox (monkeypox) as a public health emergency. This statement comes more than a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a global emergency.
“We are ready to take our response to the next level in dealing with this virus and we urge every citizen United States of America to take monkeypox seriously,” US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra told reporters at a press briefing. Between on Friday (5/8/2022).
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As of Thursday, the US had confirmed more than 6,600 cases of monkeypox, nearly 25 percent of the total 25,800 cases worldwide so far.
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The public health emergency status of monkeypox could enable grant funding and open up more resources for various aspects of the federal response. It also allows the HHS secretary to sign contracts for medication and other necessary medical supplies and equipment, support emergency hospital services, and so on.
New York, California and Illinois, the three states that rank top in the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the US, have declared states of emergency in response to the outbreak. A number of cities, including New York City, San Francisco and Los Angeles, have also submitted their own emergency declarations.
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Despite the official announcement made on Thursday, HHS officials remain hopeful of preventing monkeypox from becoming endemic in the country.
“We are continuing to collect the various instruments we need to ensure that we can treat monkeypox and prevent it from spreading until it becomes endemic,” Becerra said on Thursday. “There should be no reason why we can’t deal with this disease if we all work together.”
However, some experts warn that the outbreak will not be contained if the authorities do not act more quickly and effectively
An expert in policy modeling on infectious diseases and substance use from Yale University, Gregg Gonsalves, called Becerra a “liar” on his official Twitter account on Wednesday (3/8/2022) after the HHS secretary touted that authorities had developed a vaccine. , tests, and treatments in quantities far beyond what is currently needed, are available to all jurisdictions that manage their public health systems.
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“Unfortunately, delayed action means monkeypox has spread in the gay community and among men who have sex with men,” said David Harvey, executive director of the National Coalition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) directors. on Monday (1/8/2022).
“This outbreak has developed into a public health crisis in America. We are still in a very chaotic situation at the state and local level with an organized response,” he said.
To address the public health emergency of monkeypox, advocates and lawmakers are calling for the Biden administration to remove barriers to accessing TPOXX, which has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for human smallpox caused by monkeypox. by the variola virus in adults and children, to reduce the spread of monkeypox.
Currently, if a healthcare provider wants to try using TPOXX in monkeypox patients, they must obtain special approval through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the program. Investigational New Drug (new drug under research) the agency.
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