The response was heavy to the opening of Connecticut’s monkeypox vaccine clinics Monday, according to representatives of the sites designated by the state.
Manisha Juthani, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, said 13 of the 15 sites had opened and were taking appointments. She and others, however, called for more doses of the vaccine to be delivered to the state.
“It’s been a little bit crazy, a lot of interest,” said Michael DeWolfe, spokesman for Anchor Health in Hamden, which is an LGBTQ-focused health care facility. “We’ve gotten over 200 calls” from people seeking the monkeypox vaccine, he said. The Stamford facility is not giving out vaccines, he said.
