No deaths have yet been reported in the outbreak outside of Africa, but 72 deaths have been reported since the start of the year in the endemic African regions.
The opening of the first clinic to offer the vaccine in New York City on Thursday was not announced publicly beforehand. Instead, after a news release went out at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, the news spread on social media and through word of mouth about the vaccine’s sudden availability.
By early afternoon, a line of more than 100 men had formed outside the city-run Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic, which is the only place in the city offering the shots.