LA County has been hit hard by the monkeypox outbreak and local officials say their resources to battle the virus are severely limited.
“Now that the governor has declared a statewide emergency, our county needs to draw down all the support available to accelerate the distribution of vaccines and resources to those at risk and suffering from this terrible disease,” Barger said in a statement. “I will work to ensure we’re doing so quickly and efficiently. We don’t have any time to waste.”
Amid growing infections, L.A. County has also confirmed local transmission of the virus, noting that some patients had no known history of recent travel. But public health officials insisted during an online briefing Friday that the risk of infection in the general population remains extremely low. News of additional cases, however, has prompted calls for expanded access to the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine, which remains in limited supply. The county had already administered its supply of roughly 1,000 doses of the vaccine, which requires a two-dose regimen.federal health officials to bolster local supplies of vaccines and boost funding for testing and administration of the shots.
L.A. County has been slowly expanding eligibility for the vaccine, but the lack of more doses limits their efforts. In a motion that went before L.A. County’s Board of Supervisors last week, Hahn and Hilda Solis shared concern that future vaccine supplies remain uncertain.
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