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New infections have fallen drastically, but a racial gap has widened between those getting sick, and those getting a vaccine.

Fairfax County is also starting a new scheduling system for vaccines.

D.C. is the only local jurisdiction to pivot entirely to offering walk-up monkeypox vaccines.

Vaccines are free and are still in short supply.

D.C. will now administer the shot in the skin rather the fat, in accordance with U.S. officials’ new dose-sparing strategy that should free up more vaccine supply.

DC Health’s online dashboard for monkeypox will include demographic data, such as race, ethnicity, age, gender, ward residence, and whether individuals have received a vaccine for the disease.

D.C. expanded eligibility criteria for the monkeypox vaccine over the weekend to include anyone with multiple partners in the past two weeks, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, giving D.C. one of the broadest vaccination criteria in the U.S. DC Health officials announced late last week that individuals could pre-register under the new expanded criteria…

Starting tomorrow, three sites will provide walk-up appointments for the monkeypox vaccine for eligible D.C. residents.

And what needs to be done to stop the spread in the D.C. area, as MPV cases continue to rise.