Biden Admin Expects to Deploy 1.6 Million Doses of Monkeypox Vaccines in ‘Enhanced’ Strategy

Biden Admin Expects to Deploy 1.6 Million Doses of Monkeypox Vaccines in ‘Enhanced’ Strategy
Xavier Becerra, secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks at the HHS headquarters in Washington, on June 28, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
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The Biden administration announced it will expand access to monkeypox vaccines in a new “enhanced” national strategy to combat the outbreak, which includes the deployment of 296,000 vaccine doses over the coming weeks, and potentially 1.6 million vaccine doses over the coming months.

The plan seeks to “expand vaccination for individuals at risk and make testing more convenient for healthcare providers and patients across the country,” the White House said in a statement on June 28.