NYC To Offer 12K MPX Vax Appointments Tonight As City DOH Reports “Pretty Steep Decline” In New Cases

August 24, 2022 LGBT News, Monkeypox

Spectrum New York reports:

New York City has seen a significant decline in its daily monkeypox case count in recent weeks, but vaccination disparities remain a cause for concern, health officials said Tuesday.

The five boroughs’ seven-day average case count fell from a peak of 72 on July 30 to 16 on Monday, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene data shows. As of Tuesday, the department was reporting a total of 2,794 presumed monkeypox cases — up from 2,130 on Aug. 12.

“While we have 2,000, I believe, 700-odd cases, we are actually seeing a pretty steep decline in our epidemic curve,” the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Ashwin Vasan, said during a New York City Board of Health meeting Tuesday afternoon.

From the NYC Department of Health:

New York City has announced that it will adopt the new intradermal monkeypox vaccination strategy mandated by the federal government, which will expand available dose supply with which to vaccinate more New Yorkers. Tonight, more than 12,000 new first-dose public appointments will be made available.

“As we continue to see a scarcity of federal supply of monkeypox vaccines, we must adapt to provide a range of options to those who are vaccine-eligible, and to do so in an equitable way,” said Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan.

“The Health Department is working to balance these considerations and the concerns we’ve heard from community advocates under supply constraints. We have met with leaders, heard their recommendations, and are committed to working through these challenges so that we can follow federal mandates, while still fulfilling our obligation to reach every New Yorker who needs a vaccine.”

Vasan attributes the decline to “behavior modification.”

Appointment site here.

The portal goes live at 6PM tonight.



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