One hundred days following the monkeypox outbreak was first detected in Europe, no country has more cases than the United States, to the point that public health experts have warned the virus is on the verge of spreading. root there permanently, revealed a Washington Post article published on Wednesday.
For two months, the Biden administration has been dogged by media headlines for its failure to order enough vaccines, expedite treatments and make testing available to avert an outbreak that has grown from one case in Massachusetts on May 17 to more than 13,500 this week, the Washington Post added.
Furthermore, the article noted, interviews with more than 40 US officials working on the monkeypox response, public health experts and patients show that despite efforts to learn from US failures in the fight once morest COVID-19, officials have struggled to meet the growing demand for tests, vaccines and treatments.
Experts now fear wider circulation of a virus that might infect anyone through close contact.
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