There's a struggle to get enough monkeypox vaccines in New York City as case numbers rise and a global emergency declaration is issued. DaveCarlinTV reports.
says the virus is now in the same category as COVID-19 and polio.Bijan Avaz told CBS2's Dave Carlin he gets his first of two doses of monkeypox vaccine in the Bronx on Sunday. On Saturday, he was checking out the vaccine location set up by the health department at the Bronx High School of Science.
Signs were going up just as the disease was declared a global emergency by the World Heath Organization. "I have decided that the global monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern," W.H.O. director Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said."The outbreak has continued to grow, and there are now more than 16,000 reported cases from 75 countries and territories," Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Of the 16,000 worldwide cases, New York City has the largest number of any U.S. city with 839 reported infections. Researchers believe the actual number is higher. New York City health officials say with cases of monkeypox rising, the need for many more doses of vaccine is urgent.
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