US declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

On Thursday, the United States declared an outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency.

And the "Washington Post" (Washington Post) quoted officials that the administration of US President Joe Biden plans to declare the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency.

Earlier, US Secretary of Health Javier Becerra expressed his grave concern about the outbreak of monkeypox in the United States, and said that the authorities were working hard to control it.

It is noteworthy that the last time the United States declared a public health emergency was in January 2020 due to the Corona virus.

Australia

For its part, Australia announced - today, Thursday, that it had secured 450,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine, in light of the increasing number of infections in the country.

Health Minister Mark Butler said, in a tweet, that the government had contracted to buy 450,000 doses of the "world's best vaccine" for monkeypox.

"We are one of a handful of countries that have secured supplies of the vaccine in the midst of intense contention," Butler added.

France

In this context, France recorded - on Wednesday - about two thousand and 239 cases of monkeypox virus.

And the Public Health Authority indicated - in a statement - that 845 injuries were detected in the Ile-de-France region in the capital, Paris.

About 45 injured were taken to hospital due to complications of the disease, and no deaths have been recorded so far.

"About 96 percent of the cases detected in France occurred among gay men," the statement said.

Last week, the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after recording more than 18,000 cases of monkeypox and 5 deaths in 78 countries, most of them on the European continent.

It is noteworthy that the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, had declared last Saturday that the outbreak of monkeypox is an "emergency of international concern."

Monkeypox was first discovered in 1958 when a smallpox-like disease appeared in laboratory monkeys, hence the name.