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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Samira Asma-Sadeque

CDC activates emergency operations unit for monkeypox

Two men sit outside a low white building with large windows. A white plastic sandwich board sign reads 'Monkeypox vaccine clinic' and gives the hours of operation.
Workers sit outside DC Health’s first monkeypox vaccination clinic in Washington DC. Photograph: Gavino Garay/Reuters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has activated an emergency operations unit for monkeypox that signals the initial stages of a public health concern.

The Emergency Operations Center (EOC), was activated on Tuesday to boost operational support for addressing a monkeypox outbreak.

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