The latest shipment of the monkeypox vaccine is 40% lower than expected. Here's what that means for vaccination efforts in L.A. County. ⬇️
At a news conference last week, L.A. County health officials said they expected the full shipment and with it could fully vaccinate up to 90,000 people — about half of what it believes to be the at-risk population. Now with far fewer vaccine doses, that goal may take weeks to achieve.
Other cities also got word that expected vaccine shipments would be significantly less. The city of Philadelphia expected to receive 3,600 vials, but will instead receive just over 700.Dr. Cheryl Bettigole said Monday “we have thousands of people who are at risk that should be vaccinated preventively before they get exposed.”
“We are advocating to our federal partners to reconsider and restore Philadelphia’s allocation of vaccine, which is urgently needed,” Bettigole said.L.A. County was an early adopter of the new dosing and injection strategy.“We communicated that Public Health would implement these changes when the next tranche of doses were received, but if providers felt ready to implement the new strategy, they could proceed,” says the department’s statement.
L.A. County Public Health said they received assurances from federal leadership that more doses would be available in the coming weeks. But fewer doses meansPublic health will begin to offer second doses to an estimated 8,000 people who received their first dose at least 28 days ago. Those who were vaccinated through a Public Health vaccine site will receive a text message. Patients are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second shot.
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