The mayor's announcement allows officials to mobilize personnel and resources and cut through red tape to get ahead of a public health crisis reminiscent of the AIDS epidemic that devastated the city.
With the threat of monkeypox rising in the United States, San Francisco has decided to issue a state of emergency over the virus, while New York state declared monkeypox an imminent threat to public health.
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San Francisco declared a state of emergency to stem a rapidly rising tide of monkeypox infections, the mayor and city public health office announced on Thursday.