Houston region to receive more monkeypox vaccine doses as case numbers climb

More doses of the monkeypox vaccine are on their way to the Houston region as case numbers continue to climb.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced Thursday night on Twitter that 16,780 doses of the JYNNEOS vaccine, which is FDA-approved and prevents monkeypox, had been allocated to the Houston region by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Earlier in the week, Hidalgo and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wrote a joint letter to the CDC asking for more vaccines, and both the Houston Health Department and Harris County Public Health stopped scheduling vaccine appointments because of a supply shortage.

Hidalgo wrote on Twitter that the first of three vaccine shipments was scheduled to arrive Friday. But Porfirio Villarreal, a spokesperson for the Houston Health Department, said Friday morning that it likely would be several days before the additional doses are received.

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