New Jersey is opening monkeypox vaccine eligibility to people considered at higher risk for the disease, even as vaccine supplies remain limited nationwide and local governments wait on shipments that are quickly outpaced by demand.
An employee prepares a syringe of monkeypox vaccine. The vaccine will now be available to at-risk populations in New Jersey.An employee prepares a syringe of monkeypox vaccine. The vaccine will now be available to at-risk populations in New Jersey.
In announcing the expanded availability Tuesday afternoon, New Jersey said it had 2,700 doses available. There had been 45 probable or confirmed cases of the virus in New Jersey to that point. The governor's office said New Jersey is expecting additional doses from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — and will expand availability as it does.
Montclair Township's Health Department this week began offering vaccines "on an extremely limited basis" to residents of that community and neighboring Cedar Grove and Verona, in Essex County.
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