California Leaders Meet On Monkeypox Outbreak, Blast Federal Preparedness

CBS San Francisco

August 10, 2022

Backed by a slew of public health leaders and politicians on the state and local level, State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, led the first meeting of the California Legislature's new Senate Select Committee on Monkeypox on Tuesday afternoon.

This spring, the viral disease rapidly made its way from central and West Africa to the United States and other parts of the world, mainly contracted by close skin-to-skin contact between people.

As cases rose in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency last week and the selected committee formed in response.

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