Doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine will still remain extremely limited overall.
Los Angeles County next week will transition to a newly approved method of administering smaller doses of the monkeypox vaccine, a move that officials say will lead to a five-fold increase in the availability of shots locally.
The new method allows the vaccine to be administered between layers of skin, in what’s called an intradermal injection. Previously, the vaccine was administered beneath the skin, in a subcutaneous injection. The intradermal method requires only roughly one-fifth the amount of vaccine required by the subcutaneous injection, authorities said.
She noted, however, than even with the increase in dosage availability, the county will only be able to fully vaccinated about 85,000 to 90,000 people, or roughly half the number currently seen as being at high risk.
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