New York City, DC run out of monkeypox vaccines - Fox News

The demand for monkeypox vaccines is outstripping the supply in New York City and Washington, D.C., two of the first cities in the US to offer inoculation against the virus. .

Department of Health announced that 300 appointments for the monkeypox vaccine would be available on Tuesday and Thursday, but those spots were already booked up by noon on Monday. .

New York City also started offering the Jynneos vaccine at the Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic but all the appointments through Monday were filled. .

Bavarian Nordic is the only one in the world to have approval for a smallpox vaccine called Jynneos in the U.S.

was also offering the vaccine to sex workers and staff at establishment where sexual activity occurs. 

New York City has recorded at least 48 cases of monkeypox, while D.C

government has 72,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine in its stockpile. 

The Jynneos vaccine is a two-dose regiment administered four weeks apart