Chicago's top health official says the rush is on to get more monkeypox vaccine doses to those who need them, as infections continue to rise.
"We are expecting, over the next few weeks, another 20,000 or so doses. There are orders placed for millions more vaccine doses, but that is probably a few months from deployment, because this is complicated. It's like the beginning of COVID, where there's not enough vaccine for everybody, and how do you get it to where it's most needed," Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady told aldermen during a City Council Health Committee meeting.
Arwady said there have been confirmed monkeypox cases reported in 60 of the city's 77 community areas. Arwady said it's likely there are unreported monkeypox cases in the other 17 community areas in Chicago.If you think you might have the virus, samples can be taken by most local physicians and sent off for testing.