California’s governor has declared a state of emergency Friday due to a lack of vaccines for a deadly outbreak of Hepatitis A in several counties.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s declaration allows the state to “increase its supply of hepatitis A vaccines in order to control the current outbreak,” a statement read, CBS News reports.
Hundreds of cases of the deadly disease have been reported around the state, but most of them in the San Diego area. Immunizations from the federal vaccine program have been distributed to at-risk communities in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Cruz counties.
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