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From Pandemic to Epidemic: Lessons Learned From COVID-19 Applied to Mpox Outbreak Response, Westchester County,
Marina Keller1, Melissa Hellman, Dial Hewlett
1Division of Infectious Diseases (Drs Keller and Chen), Infection Prevention (Drs Keller and Chen), Department of Pathology (Dr Chaturvedi), and Division of Nephrology (Dr Garrick), Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York; Westchester County Department of Health, White Plains, New York (Mss Hellman and Recchia and Drs Hewlett and Amler); Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center, Mount Vernon, New York (Ms Watson); Division of Disease Control, Westchester County Department of Health, New Rochelle, New York (Dr Huang).
Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic vaccination infrastructure was redeployed to address the Mpox epidemic. The Westchester County Department of Health coordinated an effective vaccine distribution, tracking, and data collection process with community partners with real-time feedback of operational challenges and updated public health directives. Westchester County, which comprises 9% of the New York State population, administered 24% (6770 doses) of JYNNEOS (smallpox and monkeypox vaccine) across the state. Among first-dose recipients, 13% were Black and 25% were Hispanic, approaching countywide US Census race and ethnicity breakdowns. The operational template designed during COVID-19 can be readily redeployed for subsequent epidemics of even seemingly dissimilar infections like Mpox.
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