Mayor Bowser and DC Health Announce Monkeypox Clinics to Begin Offering Walk-up Only Vaccination Services on September 23

(Washington, DC) – Right now, Mayor Muriel Bowser and DC Well being introduced that the District’s three monkeypox clinics will transition to walk-up solely providers starting Friday, September 23. Eligible people will not have to pre-register for monkeypox vaccinations and can be capable to go to any of the three DC Well being monkeypox clinics for his or her first or second dose.

who acquired their first dose by way of a pre-registered appointment will obtain steerage through electronic mail on acquiring their second vaccination dose. Starting September 23, these receiving their first dose of the monkeypox vaccine will obtain a written reminder on when to return for his or her second dose. Based on the CDC, the second dose of the monkeypox vaccine ought to be administered between 24 and 32 days after the preliminary dose, nevertheless, it will also be efficient if administered greater than 32 days after the preliminary dose.

Vaccination doses will likely be topic to availability at every of the three clinics. Residents are inspired to observe DC Well being’s social media channels for updates on availability at every website.

DC Well being Monkeypox Clinic Areas:

These eligible for the monkeypox vaccine embody indivduals who meet one of many following standards:

• All folks, of any sexual orientation or gender, who’ve had a number of sexual companions up to now 2 weeks, together with these at the moment thought of highest threat: homosexual, bisexual, and different males who’ve intercourse with males, transgender males, and transgender ladies; or
• Males who’ve intercourse with males who’re non-monogamous (pre-exposure prophylaxis); or
• Intercourse staff (of any sexual orientation or gender); or
• Employees (of any sexual orientation or gender) at institutions the place sexual exercise happens (e.g., bathhouses, saunas, intercourse golf equipment).
• Individuals of any sexual orientation or gender who:
• Live with HIV/AIDS or have been recognized with any sexually transmitted an infection up to now three months.

Monkeypox is a probably critical viral sickness that may be transmitted from individual to individual by way of direct contact with the infectious rash, scabs, or physique fluids. It will probably unfold throughout intimate bodily contact between folks, together with intercourse, kissing, and hugging. It additionally might be unfold by respiratory secretions throughout extended face-to-face contact or when an individual touches materials, equivalent to bedding and towels, utilized by an individual with monkeypox. 

Preliminary signs of monkeypox usually embody flu-like signs equivalent to fever, headache, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes, adopted by a rash and lesions on the pores and skin. Though nearly all of circumstances don’t require hospitalization, monkeypox might be harmful, contagious, and uncomfortable. Anybody with a rash that appears like monkeypox ought to speak to their healthcare supplier about whether or not they should get examined, even when they do not assume they’d contact with somebody who has monkeypox.

For extra details about monkeypox or case knowledge for the District, please go to PreventMonkeypox.dc.gov.

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