The vaccination effort against monkeypox in New York City is getting a massive expansion, including broadening its eligibility pool and starting distribution of second doses, health officials announced Thursday.
Published September 2, 2022
Email and text notifications are heading out to New Yorkers who received their first dose of the monkeypox vaccine 10 weeks ago, with details on scheduling a second appointment over the phone or online. The city says second doses will only be made available to people 10 weeks after their first shot. Demand for first doses of the monkeypox vaccine made access difficult -- most appointment drops had all slots claimed with minutes -- until late August. For the first time, the city released a batch of appointment times on Aug. 24 and still had openings more than 24 hours later.
“Now that we’ve gotten first doses to more than 70,000 New Yorkers, people can get their eagerly awaited second shots by appointment – and we’re making vaccination even more convenient by welcoming walk-ins for first doses," Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said in Thursday's announcement.
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