An outbreak in Southeast Michigan has sickened 495 people and caused 19 deaths since August 2016. A separate outbreak in California, which started in November 2016, has sickened at least 644 people and caused 21 deaths. California health officials declared the outbreak a public health emergency in San Diego County Sept. 1 and have administered at least 68,500 hepatitis A vaccination doses to help curb the outbreak.
However, “current supply is not sufficient to support demand for vaccine,” the CDC told CNN in a written statement.
The agency has been working with public health officials to administer vaccinations to the most at-risk populations. CDC is also communicating with vaccine manufacturers “to monitor and manage public and private vaccine orders to make the best use of supplies … during this period of unexpected increased demand,” according to CNN.
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