Monkeypox A Nationally Notifiable Condition, CDC Poised To Announce: Report

Reuters reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) plans to make monkeypox infection a nationally notifiable condition.
The disease has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organization.
Related: Monkeypox Emergency Could Last Months, According To Experts.
The CDC said that the designation would be effective from next month and update the criteria for reporting data on cases by states to the agency.
“Making the condition nationally notifiable positions public health to continue monitoring and responding to monkeypox after the current outbreak recedes,” CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund said.
Over 3,500 monkeypox cases were reported in the U.S., according to the CDC.
States must report confirmed or probable monkeypox cases within 24 hours. The CDC asked for data to be shared even before a case investigation was completed.
State health departments are currently not required to provide the federal government with standardized data on monkeypox.
However, declaring monkeypox a nationally notifiable condition offers health officials only a glimpse. This would not let them know, for example, how many people have been vaccinated, Politico noted.
Politico also noted that the FDA cleared an additional facility in Denmark to finish manufacturing monkeypox vaccines, allowing more doses to be distributed and administered.
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