Monkeypox cases: Worldwide, more than 26,000 cases have been recorded so far this year amid the current outbreak.
With over 7,000 cases recorded so far amid the current outbreak this year, monkeypox is now a public health emergency in the United States. Globally, 26,864 patients have been reported so far, and a majority of these cases have been recorded from countries that have not historically reported monkeypox patients.
“I remain committed to our monkeypox response: ramping-up vaccine distribution, expanding testing, and educating at-risk communities. That’s why today’s public health emergency declaration on the virus is critical to confronting this outbreak with the urgency it warrants,” US president Joe Biden tweeted.
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