(Washington, DC) The U-S is responding to the mpox outbreak in Africa. The World Health Organization has declared mpox to be a global public health emergency. Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson with the State Department, says the US government is sending 50-thousand doses of mpox vaccine to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help fight the outbreak. Mpox has spread across countries in west and central Africa.
New Yorkers are being told to remain vigilant amid Africa’s Mpox outbreak which has killed more than 500 people and sickened 17-thousand others. The warning comes from the New York State Health Department after the W-H-O declared a global emergency due to Mpox, the second declaration in two years. This one involves a variant of what used to be called Monkeypox, a virus labeled Clade One Mpox. No cases reported so far in the U.S. People at high risk, including newborns, pregnant women, people who are immuno-compromised and gay men, are being urged to get vaccinated.
