The county only has a limited supply of monkeypox vaccine doses.
People who walk into a vaccination site will have to attest to their eligibility to receive a monkeypox inoculation, and the shot will only be provided if the vaccination location has doses available..
Shots are also available for gay and bisexual men and transgender people with a diagnosis of rectal gonorrhea or early syphilis within the past year. Also eligible are gay or bisexual men or transgender people who are on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxix, or PrEP, or who attended or worked at a commercial sex venue or other venue where they had anonymous sex or sex with multiple partners — such as at a sauna, bathhouse or sex club — in the past 21 days.
"This may be an early indication that transmission is beginning to slow," Singhal said, noting that "similar trends" are being seen in other countries affected by the global outbreak.Doses of the monkeypox vaccine remain in limited supply, both locally and nationally, but Singhal said the county is in line to receive more doses soon.
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