Delaware County Public Health Services will conduct a (JYNNEOS) monkeypox vaccine clinic Wednesday, Oct. 5, from 4:30-6 p.m. at 99 Main Street, Delhi. Two vaccine doses can be administered 28 days apart. This is a first dose clinic only.
The monkeypox vaccine is available for those individuals that meet the following eligibility criteria:
• 18 and older.
• Individuals with recent exposure to a suspected or confirmed monkeypox case within the past 14 days.
• Those at high risk of a recent exposure to monkeypox, including gay men and members of the bisexual, transgender, and gender non-conforming community and other communities of men who have sex with men and who have engaged in intimate or skin-to-skin contact with others in the past 14 days areas where monkeypox is spreading.
• Individuals who have had skin-to-skin contact with someone in a social network experiencing monkeypox activity
• Any individual that may be at risk of future exposure to monkeypox, even though they are not at high risk of a recent exposure to monkeypox.
To register for the clinic, go to www.delawarecountypublichealth.com
For more information about monkeypox call Delaware County Public Health Services at 607-832-5200.
