Friday 1 July 2022 02:48 PM New York City orders another 6,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine trends now
New York City will roll out another 6,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine 'soon', officials say as the national infection tally surges to 396.
The nation's hotspot was blasted last week after offering barely a thousand doses just days before the Pride weekend, with supply being so small that walk-ins were suspended just 90 minutes after the clinic opened.
But now Gov Kathy Hochul has announced thousands more doses are earmarked for the city, which will be offered to the most at risk gay and bisexual men who are close contacts of cases or have multiple sexual partners in a fortnight.
New York City has recorded 78 cases of the tropical virus, the most out of any city in the United States and 20 percent of the national tally.
Another 45 infections were confirmed across America yesterday with the tropical disease now spotted in as many as 28 states. Michigan is the latest to report monkeypox in a patient who is now isolating at home.
No deaths from the rash-causing virus have been reported in America, but one fatality has been registered in Nigeria amid the global outbreak topping 5,000 cases.
The above map shows monkeypox cases detected in America since the outbreak began. The table breaks this down by numbers, and also shows the number added in the last 24 hours
More than a hundred men lined up outside the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic in Manhattan last Friday to get a dose of the monkeypox vaccine. The clinic only admitted people who had got appointments, and turned away all others
Last week New York City opened a vaccination clinic for monkeypox without warning and made 1,000 doses available.
But it had to stop offering doses by walk-in within 90 minutes and over appointment within hours after all slots were filled.
People waiting at the clinic for the shot blasted the barely a thousand doses available as 'ridiculous' in a city of nearly eight million. Others accused officials of giving 'contradictory' information on how to get jabbed.
