NYC and Washington Run Out of Monkeypox Vaccines: Officials
June 28, 2022 | New York, Washington
New York City and Washington have run out of monkeypox vaccine doses on the same day they began to offer them to gay and bisexual men, officials say.
In less than one day, New York City’s 1,000 monkeypox vaccine doses were allocated to eligible New Yorkers, according to a letter sent to Gov. Kathy Hochul by New York state Sen. Brad Hoylman, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, and city council member Erik Bottcher.
“We are writing to urgently request that you work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to procure additional doses of the monkeypox vaccination for New York City,” the letter’s authors said.
The officials said they were grateful that a monkeypox vaccination site opened in Chelsea, “but the two hundred doses available was entirely inadequate to meet the demand.”… (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
