The Biden Administration declared a health emergency over the growing Monkeypox outbreak Thursday.
The declaration allows the federal government to amp up its response to the virus without the usual regulatory barriers.
The country has reported more than 6,000 cases of the virus, which cause cause fever, aches, and bumps or sores on the body.
It spreads through drawn-out skin-to-skin contact, and the main demographic affected so far has been gay and bisexual men.
Biden officials has been under scrutiny for a slow response to the growing outbreak, particularly because vaccines for the virus already exist.
The country currently only has the capacity for 80,000 monkeypox tests per week.
With Post wires.
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