Chicago needs more monkeypox vaccines, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says.
Dr. Maurice Brownlee administer a monkeypox vaccine to patient Joey Kiening, 41, at Northstar Medical Center in Chicago on July 18, 2022.
Pritzker is also sending 4,600 more vaccine doses to Chicago, which accounts for 86% of the cases in the state, the statement said. The doses had been originally allocated to the state by the federal government.for vaccines, Pritzker told U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra in a letter, which was also sent to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky and Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Dawn O’Connell.
The state sent 2,600 doses of its federal allocation to Chicago and will now provide an additional 2,000 doses in the coming weeks, it continued. “I believe everyone in our community should be vaccinated. This is just the beginning,” said Berger, who founded LGBTQ-focused Northstar Healthcare Medical Center.
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