Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said his agency is taking the 'response to the next level by declaring a public health emergency.'
Now that the White House has declared monkeypox a public health emergency in the U.S., Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra has released a full statement on the plan for the administration and the country moving forward to mitigate the spread of the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that over 6,000 cases of monkeypox have now been detected across the United States.Biden-Harris Administration Bolsters Monkeypox Response; HHS Secretary Becerra Declares Public Health Emergency “Ending the monkeypox outbreak is a critical priority for the Biden-Harris Administration. We are taking our response to the next level by declaring a public health emergency,” said Secretary Becerra. “With today’s declaration we can further strengthen and accelerate our response further.”
The PHE declaration is in concert with the Food and Drug Administration’s work to explore new strategies that could help get vaccines to affected communities across the country, including using new dose-sparing approach that could increase the number of doses available, up to five-fold.
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