There were 14 locations across Massachusetts where the JYNNEOS vaccine was available to eligible individuals and 5,875 doses had been administered here as of Aug. 3, DPH said.
"While the vaccine is approved as a two-dose series, given the severely limited national supply of JYNNEOS, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and our vaccine partners are prioritizing first doses for as many people as possible," DPH said on, adding that the change was effective Aug. 8.
that it had approved an alternative vaccination approach that allows health care providers to administer the vaccine intradermally -- between layers of the skin rather than into the muscle or fat beneath. That method means that what is currently a single dose could be split into five, greatly expanding the number of people who could be protected by the current supply of the vaccine.
During Wednesday morning's Massachusetts Public Health Council meeting, Public Health Commissioner Margret Cooke was asked how Massachusetts would be handling the 1/5 dose recommendation. She said DPH is"evaluating our supply right now and we likely will be announcing in the short-term what our next moves will be on that."
"It is a bit of a different type of injection, the intradermal injections, and so not only do they need the training, but they also need the syringes, special syringes and needles," DPH Chief Medical Officer Dr. Estevan Garcia said."So all of that we need to make sure is appropriate and ready for us to be able to move forward with the 1/5 of the dosing. But absolutely we will be doing that, is our recommendation moving forward.
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