New York City's health commissioner gave an update on the latest on COVID-19, monkeypox, and polio this morning. NatDuddridgeTV reports.
As CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reports, overall the latest statistics conveyed mostly good news, but Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan reminded the public not to get complacent, and to keep testing and get boosted - especially ahead of the holidays.
Elementary kids as young as 5 will soon be able to get their booster shots. The FDA approved it - now the CDC just has to sign off. Since last month, Americans 12 and older have been able to get the updated booster. To date in New York City, 360,000 bivalent boosters have been administered. Statistics show there hasn't been a big rush to get them, and health officials are urging people to seek extra protection ahead of the holidays. Currently, COVID cases in New York City are stable at about 1,800 per day. The positivity rate, hospitalization and deaths are all decreasing.
As for monkeypox in New York City, 136,000 first and second doses have been administered, and monkeypox cases have dropped to fewer than 10 a day, from a peak of 100 per day in July. There is still only one polio case identified in New York state. However, ongoing wastewater testing showed a sample collected from an area at the border of Brooklyn and Queens in August was genetically linked to the case of paralytic polio previously identified in Rockland County. "We've seen consistent declines in childhood immunization rates and a suspension of global polio eradication," Vasan said."All of this has contributed to polio virus coming back to New York.
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