Nearly 1,500 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the United States, experts criticize the government's poor response

　　The latest data released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that as of the 14th, 44 states and territories across the United States have confirmed 1,470 confirmed cases of monkeypox.

Recently, the number of monkeypox cases in the United States has continued to increase. Some public health experts pointed out that the US government has not done enough to deal with the monkeypox epidemic, and its mistakes in dealing with the new crown epidemic are repeating.

　　According to CDC data, New York, California, and Illinois are the three states with the largest number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the United States, with 414, 180, and 160 monkeypox cases reported respectively.

　　Public health experts believe that due to the current delay in testing in the United States, most suspected patients have not been tested in time, which may spread the virus to more people, and the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox officially reported by the United States may be far lower than the actual number of infections.

　　The US "Capitol Hill" daily published an article on the 11th criticizing the US government's response to the monkeypox epidemic "stumbled", saying that the US government's response to the monkeypox epidemic was insufficient and that it was repeating the mistakes it made during the new crown epidemic.

　　Wen Linyan, a professor of health policy and management studies at George Washington University in the United States, said in an interview with the media that the United States has been slow to improve monkeypox detection capabilities, and the detected monkeypox cases are only the "tip of the iceberg".

She expects the number of monkeypox cases in the U.S. to climb sharply as testing increases.

　　The U.S. government has recently ramped up monkeypox testing.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a statement on June 22 saying that it began shipping orthopoxvirus testing kits to five commercial laboratories in the United States, enabling every community to test.

　　The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on July 14 that the U.S. will gradually increase its testing capacity as commercial laboratories begin testing samples, with a view to reaching the goal of testing 70,000 samples per week by the end of July.

　　In response to surging cases, the U.S. government is distributing the "Guinios" monkeypox vaccine across the country.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as of the 12th, the federal government has distributed about 132,000 doses of the "Guinios" monkeypox vaccine across the United States.

But vaccines are still in short supply, and many states, including New York, are in severe shortages.

　　New York City's monkeypox vaccination appointment website has reportedly crashed due to a flood of appointments.

New York Mayor Eric Adams wrote to U.S. President Biden on the 11th, saying that the monkeypox vaccine is in short supply and asking the White House to extend the interval between two doses of the "Guineos" monkeypox vaccine so that more people can be vaccinated immediately First dose of vaccine.