Chicago health officials will provide an update Friday on efforts to combat a growing number of monkeypox cases.
More monkeypox vaccines are expected as soon as Friday but will be available only to residents at highest risk due to limited supplies, officials say.
City health officials reported 173 monkeypox cases on Monday — up from 105 last week.
Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, will be joined by: David Ernesto Munar, president and CEO of Howard Brown Health; Dr. Stockton Mayer, of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Department of Infectious Disease; Dr. Elizabeth Davis, medical director of Community Health Equity at Rush University Medical Center; Alderman Tom Tunney, of the city’s 44th Ward; and Dr. Geraldine Luna, medical director of the Chicago Department of Public Health.
The press conference is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Friday.
