California Declares <br />State of Emergency , Due to Monkeypox.<br />California Declares <br />State of Emergency , Due to Monkeypox.<br />CA Governor Gavin Newsom (D) issued the declaration on Aug. 1.<br />California is working urgently across all levels of government to slow the spread of monkeypox, , Gavin Newsom, CA Governor (D), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />... leveraging our robust testing, contact tracing and community partnerships strengthened during the pandemic .., Gavin Newsom, CA Governor (D), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />... to ensure that those most at risk are our focus for vaccines, treatment and outreach, Gavin Newsom, CA Governor (D), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />The city of San Francisco had already issued a similar declaration late last month.<br />In issuing the declaration, Newsom specifically mentioned the LGBTQ community and the growing stigma attached to the outbreak.<br />We’ll continue to work with the federal government to secure more vaccines, raise awareness about reducing risk and stand with the LGBTQ community fighting stigmatization, Gavin Newsom, CA Governor (D), <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />In CA, monkeypox infection have continued to increase prompting growing calls for a <br />sufficient public health response.<br />At the federal level, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra has also urged states to <br />increase the level of response to the outbreak.<br />We don’t control public health in the 50 states, in the territories and in the tribal jurisdictions, Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, via 'The New York Times'.<br />We rely on our partnership to work with them. They need to work with us, Xavier Becerra, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, via 'The New York Times'.<br />Following IL and NY, .<br />Following IL and NY, .<br />CA is now the third U.S. state to declare a state of emergency due to monkeypox.<br />The three states represent close to half of the 6,000 reported cases of monkeypox in the U.S
