Smallpox of monkeys, the US declares a health emergency

The US Department of Health has declared monkeypox a national health emergency.

This was announced by the Minister of Health, Xavier Becerra. There are 6,600 cases of the disease in the United States, he specified, noting that there are over a million vaccines that will be distributed throughout the country. California and New York, which are the most affected states, had already declared an emergency in recent days.