New York City Governor-The Monkeypox Virus, A State Disaster Emergency

A public health emergency due to the spread of the monkeypox virus has been declared in New York City on Saturday.

The announcement was made by Mayor Eric Adams and health Commissioner Ashwin Vasan, calling the city “the epicenter” of the outbreak. As many as 150,000 city residents could be at risk of infection.

“We will continue to work with our federal partners to secure more doses as soon as they become available,” Adams and Vasan said in the statement. “This outbreak must be met with urgency, action, and resources, both nationally and globally, and this declaration of a public health emergency reflects the seriousness of the moment.”

The virus spreads through prolonged and close skin-to-skin contact as well as sharing bedding, towels and clothing.

The Governor of New York City, Kathy Hochul declared a state disaster emergency declaration and the state health department called monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health.”

With the declaration, officials will be allowed to issue emergency orders under the city health code and amend code provisions to implement measures to help slow the spread.

As at Friday, New York had recorded 1,345 cases of the disease. California is the second worst hit with 799 cases. This is according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

San Francisco’s mayor on Thursday announced a state of emergency over the growing number of cases.

The once-rare disease has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades but was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere.

The World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency on July 23.

To date, there have been more than 22,000 monkeypox cases reported in nearly 80 countries since May, with about 75 suspected deaths in Africa, mostly in Nigeria and Congo.

On Friday, Brazil and Spain reported deaths linked to monkeypox, the first reported outside Africa. Spain reported a second monkeypox death Saturday.

Comments

Scotland Moves to Pardon Thousands Executed as Witches—400 Years

Scotland Moves to Pardon Thousands Executed as Witches—400 Years LaterDecades after women tried in Salem, Mass. were exonerated, campaigners in Scotland are calling for a reckoning with their country’s violent past. MAGGIE WALL'S MEMORIAL NORTH BERWICK, SCOTLAND—THE WIND BLEW HARD ONE FALL NIGHT HERE IN 1589. SO MUCH SO THAT KING JAMES VI CONCLUDED THAT WITCHES MUST HAVE GATHERED IN THIS FISHING TOWN TO CONJURE UP THE STORM THAT DELAYED THE ARRIVAL OF HIS NEW BRIDE, THE SISTER OF THE DANISH KING. Much of Europe had succumbed to a mania about witchcraft, just over a hundred years before a similar frenzy swept over the town of Salem, Mass. This move will see, Scotland giving pardon to thousands of women executed for witchcraft centuries ago. The Scottish Parliament could soon consider pardons for thousands of people - mostly women - who were put on trial and executed centuries ago for witchcraft. Scottish parliament member Natalie Don wrote on social media that she wou...

Dowen College-Slylvester Oromoni

Sylvester Oromoni: Autopsy report out, exonerates house master, others from murder Suspects released on bail. We await Toxicology report to determine cause of death- Police. The autopsy report conducted on the corpse of late Sylvester Oromoni, alleged victim of bullying, at the Dowen College, Lagos, is out. The report however, exonerated the school’s House Master and other students arrested in connection with the alleged murder. Consequently, the suspects who have been in Police custody at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, for over three weeks, were released last week Thursday, on bail. It would be recalled that the deceased, who was a Junior Secondary School 2 student of the school and a boarder, was rushed to his parents home in Warri, Delta State two months ago, owing to some injuries he sustained while playing football, according to the school. But his parents faulted the school’s claim, disclosing rather, that their so...

AYU-You Were Brought From The Gutter, From Nothing-Governor Nyesom Wike To Senator Iyorchia Ayu (The PDP Chairman)

On Thursday, the Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike replied the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Iyorchia Ayu by blasting him for referring to some members of the party as children. While speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, Ayu said those demanding his resignation are children. “When we started the PDP journey, we did not see these children. They are children who do not know why we established this party,” he had said. We will not allow one person to come and destroy our party." Speaking on Thursday at the inauguration of roads in Ikwerre LGA of the state, Wike said those who Ayu described as children brought him from nothing to be chairman of the party. He said if Ayu remains arrogant and refuses to resign, it may cost the PDP the 2023 presidential election. “You can imagine what power can do. You can imagine how ingratitude — how people can be ingrates in their lives,” Wike said. “I thought as a chairman of a party who want...

Welcome To Echo Blog

Search This Blog