Coronavirus-related hospitalizations have dropped in the county while monkeypox vaccines remain scarce.
, ranking it second among states in case numbers after New York, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.L.A. County health officials found out Tuesday that the federal government slashed the county’s requested and expected monkeypox vaccine allotment by 60%.into five doses
But then L.A. County and other cities and states were told that they would get significantly less vaccine than they’d requested. L.A. County expected to receive 14,000 vials of the vaccine this week, which would have yielded, when split, 70,000 doses for eligible residents. Instead, the county will receive 5,600 vials, which will yield only 28,000 doses.
“It makes me feel hopeful that over the upcoming weeks as we quickly administer doses that we receive we will be able to get more doses,” said County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer.Jynneos is a smallpox vaccine that can also be used to prevent monkeypox amid the ongoing outbreak. The full-vial dose is injected into muscle tissue, but giving a smaller dose between layers of the skin — known as an intradermal injection — is also effective in preventing the painful viral infection.
Still, thousands of people are getting infected. Public Health reported 3,379 new cases Thursday, and the county’s positivity rate remains at 10%. That’s high, suggesting that cases are being significantly undercounted, since many people test at home and don’t report the results.
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