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NY POST: The Biden Administration declared a health emergency over the growing Monkeypox outbreak Thursday.<\/p>

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The declaration allows the federal government to amp up its response to the virus without the usual regulatory barriers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make an announcement today that I will be declaring a public health emergency,\u201d Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said in a call with reporters Thursday about the monkeypox outbreak.<\/p>

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\u201cWe\u2019re prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus.\u201d<\/p>

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\u201cWe urge every American to take monkey pox seriously and to take responsibility and help us tackle this virus,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

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The US is slated to declare a state of emergency as Monkey pox cases continue to rise.<\/figcaption>
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The country has reported more than 6,000 cases of the virus, which cause cause fever, aches, and bumps or sores on the body.<\/figcaption>
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The country has reported more than 6,000 cases of the virus, which cause fever, aches, and bumps or sores on the body.<\/p>

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It spreads through drawn-out skin-to-skin contact, and the main demographic affected so far has been gay and bisexual men.<\/p>\n

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The country currently only has the capacity for 80,000 monkeypox tests per week.<\/figcaption>
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Biden officials has been under scrutiny for a slow response to the growing outbreak, particularly because vaccines for the virus already exist.<\/p>

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The country currently only has the capacity for 80,000 monkeypox tests per week.<\/p>

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With Post wires.<\/em><\/p>\n

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