Tue May 24, 2022 – 8:57 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed their expectation for monkeypox to spread across the United States.
On Monday, following a confirmed case of monkeypox in Massachusetts, the CDC has announced that the federal public health agency expects an increased number of monkeypox cases across America, Breitbart reported.
Dr. Jennifer McQuiston of the CDC confirmed a case of monkeypox after four orthopox cases in New York City, Florida, and Utah. Monkeypox is part of the family of viruses belonging to orthopox.
These cases are currently being studied at a CDC laboratory. Similar to tactics employed for COVID-19, active contact tracing is underway with discussion of quarantines and vaccines.
President Joe Biden told Americans they should be “concerned” at the news of the new virus.
“They haven’t told me the level of exposure yet, but it is something that everybody should be concerned about,” the president told reporters.
Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. holds a supply of “vaccine that is relevant to treating monkeypox.”
“We have vaccine available to be deployed for that purpose,” he added.
CDC’s prediction follows closely behind Belgium’s implementation of
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