President Joe Biden announced a response team for the monkeypox outbreak on Tuesday, with top officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the CDC serving as the White House coordinators.
division, who previously helped to lead New York City’s COVID-19 response, will be the deputy coordinator.
Anthony Fauci, MD, Biden’s chief medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, praised their appointments and said he hopes they tighten the coordination between federal agencies involved with the monkeypox response, according“I personally think we’re dealing with a really serious issue here,” Fauci told the AP.
But public health experts say the monkeypox response, unlike the COVID-19 response, won’t require mass vaccinations. Instead, targeted use of available doses and strong contact tracing should slow down the outbreak. Fenton is administrator for FEMA Region 9 in the American West, which covers nearly 50 million people, according to the White House statement. He’s been FEMA’s acting administrator twice and has led several prevention, response, and recovery operations for natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and humanitarian emergencies.
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