New York declares state emergency as monkeypox infections spread, WHO warns of more deaths to come in Europe | South China Morning Post

New York's Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a disaster emergency due to the spread of monkeypox in the state. The state is experiencing one of the highest rates of monkeypox transmission in the country with 1,383 reported cases as of Friday, Hochul said in the executive order. The virus was declared an imminent threat to public health by the New York State Commissioner of Health on Thursday. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization's European office said on Saturday that more monkeypox-related deaths are to be expected, following reports of the first fatalities outside Africa, while stressing that severe complications were still…