Eligibility has been extended to Manitoba residents who want a monkeypox vaccine.
The province announced Friday that anyone who has been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease such as chlamydia in the past two months or has had more than two sexual partners in the past three weeks is now eligible for the vaccine.
Sex workers and people who have had anonymous sex or visited places like bathrooms for sex in recent weeks are also eligible.
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No cases of monkeypox have yet been reported in Manitoba, although almost 900 were reported across the country as of Wednesday, with the majority in Ontario and Quebec.
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Eligible Manitobans can book immunizations through Manitoba Health’s website starting Monday, similar to the process for booking a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Monkeypox vaccines will be available at three locations in Winnipeg: Clinical Health Center on Sherbrooke Street, Winnipeg West Access on Booth Drive and our own Health Center on Osborne Street.
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