Suddenly! New york has entered a state of disaster emergency. What happened there?

On the evening of July 29th, local time, the Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, announced that the state of New York was in a state of emergency due to the continuous spread of monkeypox. Due to the monkeypox epidemic, New York became the first state in the United States to declare a "disaster emergency".

Hoshur wrote on Twitter: "I declare that new york has entered a state of disaster, and we need to intensify our efforts to deal with the outbreak of monkeypox." She added that more than a quarter of monkeypox cases in the United States occurred in New York State, which also had a great impact on high-risk groups.

According to the website of the New York State Department of Health, as of July 29th, local time, there were 1383 confirmed cases of monkeypox in New York State. Brazil and Spain reported the first case of monkeypox-related death outside Africa. Last week, the World Health Organization declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, which was its highest alert.

With the increasing number of cases in the United States, Indiana officials confirmed last week that two children in the state tested positive for monkeypox. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that there is some preliminary evidence that children under the age of 8 may be more serious if they are infected with monkeypox.

On August 1 day local time, Illinois became the second state in the United States to declare monkeypox into a public health emergency. Governor Pritzker said in a press release that Illinois will become the "hardest hit" of the monkeypox virus.

According to the data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 22,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide, of which nearly 5,200 cases have been reported in the United States. Now, almost every state in the United States has reported cases of monkeypox, and there are no confirmed cases in Montana, Vermont and Wyoming.

Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease, and human symptoms are similar to those of smallpox patients in the past. However, since smallpox was eradicated in the world in 1980, smallpox has ceased to exist, and monkeypox is still distributed in some parts of Africa. On July 23rd, 2022, at 6:5438+05pm, the World Health Organization held a press conference in Geneva. The Director-General Tedros Adham Gai breyer Seuss announced that the monkey pox epidemic was listed as a "public health emergency of international concern".