As the number of monkeypox cases rise, a Mount Vernon health
center will be getting much-needed doses of the vaccine.
Mount Vernon
Neighborhood Health center says it has 20 confirmed doses in hand.
The center currently
has a waiting list of about 30 people and 10 appointments already scheduled.
And although, the MSM
population – men who have sex with men – are the most affected, Mount Vernon
Neighborhood Health Center's Cecilia Dean says, "that
does not mean that heterosexuals cannot be infected."
They say it's about
opening the conversations within all the communities and educating them.
It's a two-dose
vaccination. The second jab in the arm comes four weeks after the first dose is
administered.
Once the 20 doses are
given to 20 people, those 20 will then wait for the second allocation for their
second dose.
Those who are in need
or are interested in getting the monkeypox vaccine, an appointment is required
by calling 914-885-6529.
The health center plans
to gradually make the vaccines available at their two other locations in
Yonkers and Greenburgh.