Texas Receives Shipment Of 14,000 Doses Of Monkeypox Vaccine

By Annie Gimbel, CBS Dallas/Fort

July 25, 2022

The Texas Department of State Health Services has received a shipment of 14,780 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine.

Health officials immediately forwarded 5,120 doses to Dallas County Health and Human Services.

Dallas County has reported the largest number of confirmed monkeypox cases in Texas. The remainder of the state doses will be provided to local health departments and DSHS regional offices to vaccinate people with a documented or presumed exposure to the monkeypox virus.

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