As of July 5, San Francisco has 40 probable cases following the first case reported on June 3. Health experts believe that the actual number of cases is higher, however, because of limited access to testing.
As of July 5, San Francisco has 40 probable cases following the first case reported on June 3. Health experts believe the number is higher, however, because of limited access to testing.
Chin-Hong has treated some patients who came in with suspected monkeypox, which is rarely fatal and typically resolves on its own. He and other San Francisco health experts say that now is a critical time to vaccinate high-risk populations to prevent the outbreak from becoming endemic and becoming a new sexually transmitted disease.
Those who are old enough to have received a small pox vaccine before the 1970s also have a strong layer of protection, Gandhi said. But vaccine supply is not yet meeting the demand locally and nationwide. The United States had 699 confirmed cases as of Thursday, and California had 136, according to the CDC.
"The federal government needs to dramatically increase the supply of the vaccine and distribute it to impacted local communities as quickly as possible. We have no time to spare," said Senator Scott Wiener and Assemblyman Matt Haney in a joint statement."It’s completely unacceptable that the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other community clinics are receiving so few doses. We need a sufficient quantity of vaccines so that everyone who is at risk has access.
Chin-Hong suggested The City could expand pop-up vaccine clinics or other low-barrier outreach methods, similar to what cities such as New York and Toronto have done.
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