China News Agency, Washington, September 7 (Reporter Sha Hanting) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated data on the 7th local time, showing that the United States has reported a total of 21,274 cases of human infection with monkeypox (hereinafter referred to as monkeypox cases) , the highest number of cases in the world.
According to CDC data, the top three states for the number of reported monkeypox cases are California, New York, and Florida.
Among them, there are 4,140 cases in California, 3,542 in New York and 2,148 in Florida.
Data shows that 98% of monkeypox infections are in men.
Demetre Daskalakis, the White House's deputy coordinator for the monkeypox outbreak, said at the White House press conference that day that the number of new monkeypox cases has shown a downward trend, and there have been cases in California, New York, Illinois and Texas. A clear downward trend."
Daskalakis said the decline in the number of cases was due to changes in people's personal behavior and an increase in vaccinated people.
More than 460,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine have been administered in the United States.
Daskalakis said the current vaccine supply "is no longer a problem" and the focus should be on getting more people vaccinated against monkeypox.
According to the CDC, monkeypox virus is mainly transmitted through prolonged skin-to-skin contact, and sharing of bed sheets, towels and other items with an infected person can also lead to infection.
At present, the symptoms are mainly red rashes, and some infected people will also have cold symptoms.
Monkeypox infection is not usually fatal, but one death from monkeypox has been confirmed in the United States.
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