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'It's great that we are able to increase the number of people we can vaccinate with the current supply,' says Claire Hannan, head of the Association of Immunization Managers.

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Mark Del Beccaro, Assistant Deputy Chief for Public Health – Seattle & King County.Īlready facing the expected logistical hurdles of running a vaccine campaign in a public health emergency, health officials now have to tackle another challenge: how to squeeze five doses out of single-dose vials. 'We are definitely in what we're still calling 'The Hunger Games' phase of this – where there's nowhere near enough doses for the demand,' says Dr. – a case count higher than any other country in the world – and yet many local health departments still report not having enough vaccines to reach all those who are considered at heightened risk of contracting the disease. This comes as monkeypox cases have climbed well above 14,000 in the U.S. The effort now rests on a new and untested strategy of dividing up what were previously full doses in order to stretch the limited stockpile of vaccines in the U.S. Richard Vogel | APĪfter a bumpy start, the Biden administration is trying to smooth out the vaccination campaign aimed at controlling the country's growing monkeypox outbreak.

supply could help get shots into arms more quickly, but it's also untested and introduces new challenges. X In many places, there's still a major shortage of monkeypox vaccines.