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NYC Opens Monkeypox Vaccination Clinic

June 24, 2022 • 1:38 am CDT
NYC Health
(Precision Vaccinations News)

The Health Department of New York City confirmed it had opened a free vaccination clinic for anyone exposed to the monkeypox virus. As of June 23, 2022, NYC Health 30 people in New York City had tested positive for orthopoxvirus, which indicates a monkeypox infection.

In NYC, eligible people can get the two-dose Jynneos vaccine at the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic, 303 Ninth Avenue in Manhattan.

Jynneos is indicated for preventing smallpox and monkeypox disease in adults at high risk for smallpox or monkeypox infection.

Vaccination of monkeypox patients' close contacts (PEP) is based on a 'risk exposure assessment.'

Unfortunately, all Jynneos vaccination appointment slots have already been filled through June 27, 2022, says NYC Health.

'We are requesting additional vaccine supply from the U.S. CDC to meet the high demand.'

Manhattan's Mark Levine recently Tweeted: 'NYC has only been given about 1,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine.'

'This is far, far too little. And now people are literally been turned away.'

In the USA, the CDC ships Jynneos vaccines to local health departments within a few days of a request.

As of June 14, 2022, the U.S. stockpile held about 36,000 vaccine courses in its immediate inventory.

According to Brett W. Petersen, M.D., MPH Captain, U.S. Public Health Service, presentation to the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on June 23, 2022, the Jynneos vaccine is a live vaccine produced from the strain Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN), an attenuated, non-replicating orthopoxvirus, known internationally as IMVAMUNE, or IMVANEX.

Furthermore, the CDC is developing an Expanded Access Investigational New Drug Protocol to allow the use of JYNNEOS for monkeypox in pediatric populations.

From a national perspective, the CDC reported on June 23, 2022, that there have been about (173) confirmed monkeypox patients in over twenty states.

California has reported the most monkeypox cases (48) since early May 2022.

Globally, data sources indicate about 3,635 potential monkeypox cases reported.

The leading cities reporting monkeypox cases are London, Berlin, and Madrid.

Additional monkeypox vaccine and outbreak news are published daily before 5 pm CT.

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