‘I’m one of the lucky ones’: vaccines scarce as US monkeypox cases rise

A vaccine clinic in New York. Getting vaccinated has proven to be a confusing process even for those who are eligible. Photograph: Kena Betancur/AFP/Getty Images

For 67-year-old Peter Madero, getting a monkeypox vaccination from the Chelsea sexual health clinic in Manhattan on Friday was a matter of staying protected amid increasing cases of virus as it spreads across the country and world.

But Madero admits that he was “one of the lucky ones”, successfully securing a vaccine after a month of waiting.