DOH-Orange MPOX / Monkeypox Vaccination Update #10

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Kent Donahue
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ORLANDO, FL – The subsequent update is supplied to keep the neighborhood educated on the Florida Section of Well being in Orange County’s (DOH-Orange) routines to comprise the spread of the MPOX / Monkeypox virus and to offer Monkeypox vaccinations.

MPOX / Monkeypox Media Update #10

At this time, there are 299 Monkeypox scenarios in Orange County.

9,291 MPOX Vaccine Doses (1^st and 2^nd doses) administered in Orange County, FL from June 20, 2022, to January 4, 2023.

MPOX / Monkeypox Vaccination Appointments are accessible this 7 days at DOH-Orange’s Apopka campus, Ocoee Campus, and Southside Campus.

Stop by the DOH-Orange web-site to plan an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html

 

Outreach Vaccination events:

Friday, Jan. 6, 2023

Christ the King Episcopal Church, 26 Willow Travel, Orlando, FL  32807

8:00 a.m. until eventually 2:00 p.m.

 

Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023

The Center, 1200 Hillcrest St., Suite #102, Orlando, FL 32803

check out the DOH-Orange web-site to schedule an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html

 

Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023

Christ the King Episcopal Church, 26 Willow Travel, Orlando, FL  32807

8:00 a.m. right until 10:00 a.m.

 

Saturday, Dec. 21, 2023

Neighborhood of Like Feast, 1030 W. Kaley Ave., Orlando, FL 32805

pay a visit to the DOH-Orange web page to routine an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html

 

Monkeypox Vaccination Appointment Program

The JYNNEOS Vaccine is a two-dose series with the 2nd dose of vaccine becoming supplied 28 (4 months) days just after the first dose.

If you have not been given your second dose of the JYNNEOS vaccine, take a look at the DOH-Orange internet site to program an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html. Vaccinations are by appointment only, no stroll-ins.

Background

Any one can get monkeypox, but guys who have sexual intercourse with adult men remain at the highest risk. Transmission of monkeypox generally necessitates prolonged, face-to-confront speak to, direct speak to with an energetic rash, or oblique get in touch with with an energetic rash via contaminated things, such as contaminated outfits.

If you are currently suffering from signs or symptoms of Monkeypox, we motivate you to get hold of your healthcare supplier.

Symptoms of Monkeypox incorporate:

fever, headache, muscle mass aches and backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, a rash that can search like pimples or blisters that show up on the encounter, inside the mouth, and on other areas of the entire body like the palms, feet, upper body, genital and anal spot.

 

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