The Los Angeles Post

MONKEYPOX VACCINE APPOINTMENT WEBSITE CRASHES IN NYC

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New York City’s monkeypox vaccine appointment website crashed on Tuesday “due to overwhelming traffic,” the city announced as the nation sees an uptick in cases.

  • “All available monkeypox vaccine appointment slots have been booked. Due to overwhelming traffic, as soon as appointments went online this afternoon, the site delivered error messages for many people who were unable to make appointments,” the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene tweeted on Tuesday afternoon.
  • The city said that it would alert residents when more appointments could be scheduled and noted that the technical difficulties experienced on their website “is just further proof that demand is very high.”

Earlier this week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) wrote a letter to
President Biden asking that the interval between vaccine doses for monkeypox be lengthened so more people could immediately receive their first dose.

 

CDC data as of Tuesday afternoon shows that there are 929 monkeypox cases nationwide.