NYC Mayor Eric Adams , Declares State of Emergency , Concerning Monkeypox.<br />NBC News reports that Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency on Aug. 1. .<br />New York City now has over 1,200 reported cases, approximately 25 percent of cases nationally, and we are continuing to see the numbers rise, NYC Mayor Eric Adams, via statement.<br />This order will bolster our existing efforts to educate, vaccinate, test and treat as many New Yorkers as possible, NYC Mayor Eric Adams, via statement.<br />New York Gov. Kathy Hochul also declared a state disaster emergency on July 29. .<br />According to the CDC, as of July 29, <br />New York had the most confirmed monkeypox cases in the country with 1,345.<br />California had 799. <br />San Francisco also declared a <br />state of emergency on July 28.<br />On July 30, Mayor Adams and Dr. Ashwin Vasan, NYC's health department commissioner, .<br />issued a statement estimating <br />"that approximately 150,000 New Yorkers may currently be at risk for monkeypox exposure.".<br />While monkeypox has primarily <br />affected men who have sex with men, .<br />the virus can be spread to anyone through close physical contact or being exposed to infected surfaces
