The Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency, with cases on the rise across the US, reported CNN. The announcement came duri
The Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency, with cases on the rise across the US, reported CNN. The announcement came during a briefing with the Department of Health and Human Services. The administration has been criticized at times for its handling of the outbreak, and some have called on the government to declare a national emergency without delay. Since the first US monkeypox case was identified in mid-May, more than 6,600 probable or confirmed cases have been detected in the United States. Cases have been identified in every state except Montana and Wyoming. The declaration follows the World Health Organization announcement last month that monkeypox is a public health emergency of international concern, reported CNN.
WHO defines a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, as “an extraordinary event” that constitutes a “public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease” and “to potentially require a coordinated international response.” Some cities and states, including New York City, San Francisco, California, Illinois and New York, have already declared monkeypox an emergency, allowing them to free up funding and resources for their responses to the outbreak. On Tuesday, President Joe Biden named Robert Fenton as the White House’s national monkeypox response coordinator. Fenton, a regional Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator who oversees Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, will coordinate the federal government’s response to the outbreak. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director of the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, serves as the deputy coordinator, as reported by CNN.
Watch against contagion
In the last 24 hours 1,840 new cases of contagion and 4 deaths caused by Covid 19 were reported by State and Health Authorities. Contagion is being watched in Guanajuato and cases of contagion reported are over 1,800 in the last 24 hours, while there were 4 deaths reported. Authorities maintain the color of activities in the GREEN easing restrictions on activities, both leisure and work.
State Health Authorities insist that Guanajuato should maintain health protection.
For more information call:
- 800 004 4800 and
- 800 627 2583
Or visit:
- https://coronavirus.guanajuato.gob.mx/
- reactivemosgto.guanajuato.gob.mx
