Monkeypox Declared Public Health Emergency in U.S.

Monkeypos has been declared as a public health emergency by the secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The above action will certainly bring some momentum in the ongoing efforts being done by the Biden administration

Declaring monkeypox a public health emergency comes after Robert Fenton appointed as National Monkeypox Response Coordinator

While Dr. Demetre Daskalakis of Centers for Disease Control and prevention as National Monkeypox Response Deputy Coordinator

The officials in the US stated that ending monkeypox outbreak is the foremost priority for the Biden administration

In order to combat monkeypox outbreak, the Biden administration has called a meeting to properly analyze all measures to be taken

They said that they are applying lessons that have learnt from previous battles they have fought, said Robert Fenton

The PHE declaration made is in coordination with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) work to explore new ways to get vaccines

They are working on new strategies to chalk out a fully fledged plan to contain the spread of monkeypox virus as soon as they can