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New York and California health officials are sounding the alarm
on the spread of the monkeypox virus, declaring threats to
public health.

In San Francisco, Mayor London Breed said that the city would
declare a local public health emergency that would go into
effect on the first of August.

"This virus impacts everyone, but our LGBTQ community is seeing
significant cases and we need action, we need more vaccines,"
she tweeted.

In a blog post, the mayor also said that the city's Latino
community is accounting for 30% of its cases "even though
Latinos are only 15% of [its] population."

"The most critical need right now is for more vaccines. The
federal government distributes vaccine to state health
departments and then the California Department of Public Health
allocates to counties, such as San Francisco. We have no control
over the vaccine amount we receive," she said. "San Francisco
needs more support, and we need more action. That�s why we are
declaring a Local Emergency."

The emergency order goes into effect Monday and must be approved
by the board of supervisors within a week.

According to NBC Bay Area, San Francisco now has more than 280
confirmed cases.

Health officials anticipate that number will grow in the coming
weeks.

The move comes as the Biden administration is considering the
declaration of a public health emergency over monkeypox in the
coming days.

There are now more than 4,900 confirmed cases of monkeypox and
orthopoxvirus across the U.S., according to data from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

California makes up nearly 800 of those cases, but New York's
exceed 1,200.

On Thursday, the Empire State's health commissioner declared
monkeypox an "imminent threat to public health."

"Based on the ongoing spread of this virus, which has increased
rapidly and affected primarily communities that identify as men
who have sex with men, and the need for local jurisdictions to
administer vaccines, I've declared monkeypox an Imminent Threat
to Public Health throughout New York State," State Commissioner
of Health Dr. Mary T. Bassett said in a statement. "This
declaration means that local health departments engaged in
response and prevention activities will be able to access
additional State reimbursement, after other Federal and State
funding sources are maximized, to protect all New Yorkers and
ultimately limit the spread of monkeypox in our communities."

On Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said 110,00 monkeypox
vaccine doses were secured for the state, which would be
delivered over the course of the next four to six weeks.

"With more than one-quarter of all cases in the U.S., New
Yorkers, and especially our LGBTQ+ community, remain among the
hardest-hit," the governor added. "We will continue to advocate
to the federal government for our fair share of vaccines based
on the disease burden impacting New York."

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier
Becerra, announced Thursday that an additional 786,000 doses of
the vaccine would be deployed nationwide.

"Our goal is to stay ahead of this virus and end this outbreak.
We have a strategy to deploy these additional vaccine doses in a
way that protects those at risk and limits the spread of the
virus, while also working with states to ensure equitable and
fair distribution," he said. "These vaccines are the result of
years of federal investment and planning."

On a call, Becerra told reporters the same day that the Biden
administration believes it has "done everything we can at the
federal level to work with� state and local partners and
communities affected to make sure we can stay ahead of this and
end this outbreak."

Fox News' Louis Casiano and The Associated Press contributed to
this report.

https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-york-san-francisco-monkeypox-
threat-to-public-health