SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – San Francisco's monkeypox clinic will close less than a week after it reopened as public health officials await word from the federal government on the city's allotment of vaccines.
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The San Francisco Department of Public Health on Monday afternoon announced that a city-run vaccination clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital will close on Tuesday because of a lack of doses.
San Francisco's clinic reopened last Wednesday after city officials received more than 4,000 doses from the federal government. Officials on Monday said the city now had 7,800 doses, still far short of the 35,000 they asked for nearly two weeks ago.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health said in an emailed statement to KCBS Radio on July 15 that the initial allotment was “a first step on a path toward the goal of vaccinating every person in San Francisco who could benefit from protection," but officials have continued to stress the urgent need for more doses.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed wrote a letter last week to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Beccera calling for "more urgent action in cities like San Francisco where there are larger communities at greater risk." She said she shared frustration with the city's LGBTQ community, with initial virus cases largely concentrated among gay, bisexual and queer men.
Public health officials on Monday said the city had identified 215 confirmed and probable cases, up from 197 on Friday. The U.S. had the second-most cases in the world (2,800) as of Monday afternoon, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s data.
Just two days ago, the World Health Organization declared monkeypox a global health emergency.
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