Data updated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 23rd showed that the United States has reported a total of 24,846 human cases of monkeypox virus infection (hereinafter referred to as monkeypox cases), ranking first in the world. The latest data from
shows that the top three regions in the United States that reported monkeypox cases are California , New York , and Florida , among which 4886 cases were reported in California.
According to the " New York Times ", although the number of monkeypox cases in the United States has decreased compared with the peak in August, there are still about 200 new infections every day. The total number of monkeypox cases in the United States exceeds one-third of the global number.
On May 18, the Massachusetts Public Health Department in the United States reported the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the United States this year. Since then, monkeypox virus has spread rapidly across the United States. On September 12, Los Angeles County, California, confirmed the first death to monkeypox in the United States this year.
American public health experts pointed out that due to insufficient testing capabilities, the actual number of monkeypox cases in the United States may be much higher than official statistics. The U.S. government's ineffective response to the monkeypox epidemic has attracted criticism from the U.S. public opinion. Some American media said that the US government is repeating the ineffective prevention and control mistakes made during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Original title: Nearly 25,000 cases! This country has become the world's largest outbreak of monkey pox...
Source: Xinhua News Agency
