Overseas Network, July 13. According to a report by Fox News on the 12th, there have been nearly 1,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States.
In New York City, the local vaccine reservation website went down within minutes due to high demand.
Statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 12th show that 929 confirmed cases of monkeypox have been found in dozens of states across the United States.
The U.S. government has ramped up vaccine distribution in recent days in response to rising monkeypox cases, but the vaccine is still in high demand in some places.
New York City health officials said the city received another batch of monkeypox vaccines on the 12th, but due to the high demand, the vaccine appointment website was down within minutes.
New York City has provided nearly 7,000 doses of the vaccine since June 23.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans as well as from human to human.
The initial symptoms of monkeypox infection in humans include fever, headache, muscle aches, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes, which can later develop into a widespread rash on the face and body.
Most infected people recover within a few weeks, but others become seriously ill and even die.
The New York Times published an article on July 8, criticizing the U.S. government’s ineffective response to the monkeypox epidemic, which caused the rapid spread of cases, saying that the poor performance of the United States in the early days of the new crown pandemic was repeating itself.
(Zhang Ni from Overseas Network)