NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday that the Department of Health has reviewed and approved Quest Diagnostics' application for a new PCR test for monkeypox.
The report says in the first few weeks after the virus was detected, officials requested only 72,000 doses of the vaccine out of a possible 372,000.Federal officials now say additional doses will be coming to New York soon."The experts are saying that the vast majority of cases are in the gay community and will continue in the gay community. But I have to be prepared for everything. That's my job as governor," said Hochul. "So I take this very seriously.
The Biden administration is considering declaring monkeypox a public health emergency, following in the steps ofAnyone can get and spread monkeypox, though the current cases are primarily spreading among social networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, so this community is currently at greater risk of exposure.Monkeypox is harder to contract than COVID, as it requires close contact or the sharing of bodily fluid.
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