Monkeypox: Mayor Breed hopes for faster vaccine distribution in SF after WHO declaration

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Monkeypox: Mayor Breed hopes for faster vaccine distribution in SF after WHO declaration
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Mayor Breed hopes the declaration will speed the delivery of more vaccine in San Francisco, as currently 197 cases have been identified in San Francisco with the number expected to increase.

ABC7 talked to Will Hutcheson, a Brooklyn fitness coach with a confirmed case of monkeypox,

Breed addressed the rise in monkeypox, as currently 197 cases have been identified in San Francisco but that number is expected to increase. She hopes the declaration will speed the delivery of more vaccine. San Francisco's Department of Public Health telling ABC7 News in a statement,"The acknowledgement of World Health Organization that monkeypox is a global emergency, only re-enforces that the way to address this health emergency is to provide the resources necessary to local governments, especially cities such as San Francisco that are experiencing an increase in cases.

Monkeypox vaccine clinics have seen long lines recently in San Francisco where some people have been turned away. It's put the city's LGBTQ community on alert, health officials say monkeypox is impacting mostly Gay and Bisexual men.

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