Where you can get the monkeypox vaccine in Greater…

Where you can get the monkeypox vaccine in Greater Manchester next week

A monkeypox clinic will run in Greater Manchester next week, with more planned for the coming fortnight.

Vaccines will be available at The Orange Rooms on Old Street in Ashton-under-Lyne on Tuesday (September 20) as health officials continue their bid to manage the outbreak of the viral disease. The clinic will run from 10am to 7pm and people can book here.

Further clinics will then run in the region over the next two weeks, NHS bosses said, with specific details yet to be announced. They come after the Greater Manchester became the first place in the country to trial smaller but equally effective doses of the jab.

The vaccine will as previously be available to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men at highest risk of getting monkeypox, for example if people have multiple partners, participate in group sex or attend ‘sex on premises’ venues, people with a recent bacterial sexually transmitted infection and those eligible for PrEP (the preventative drug for HIV transmission), people who have had recent close contact with someone infected with monkeypox, and healthcare workers caring for and due to start caring for a patient with the virus.

People will be eligible if they have used one of the following providers in Greater Manchester:

Sexual health providers:

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust [Bolton Centre for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Shine Sexual Health Service (Salford)]
HCRG [Nye Bevan House, Croft Shifa Health Centre, Middleton Health Centre, Heywood Clinic (all Rochdale); Oldham Integrated Care Centre, Glodwick Primary Care Centre, Royton Health and Wellbeing Centre, Failsworth Primary Care Centre (all Oldham); Bury Townside Primary Care Centre and Radcliffe Primary Care Centre)]
Locala [The Choices Centre (Stockport) and The Orange Rooms (Tameside)]
The Northern [in Manchester at the Hathersage Centre, North Manchester General Hospital, Withington Community Hospital, or the Trafford Sexual Health Service (Trafford and Urmston clinics)]
Spectrum Community Health CIC [Wigan]

GPS:

The Docs, Manchester

Monkeypox can be passed on from person to person through:

Any close physical contact with monkeypox blisters or scabs (including during sexual contact, kissing, cuddling, or holding hands).
Touching clothing, bedding or towels used by someone with monkeypox.
The coughs or sneezes of a person with monkeypox when they're close to you.

Keep yourself and others safe:

Clean your hands regularly with soap and water, or alcohol-based hand sanitiser.
Know the symptoms if you’re sexually active, especially with new partners.
Talk to partners about their sexual health and remember symptoms can take three weeks to develop, so keep checking yourself.
Swap contact details if hooking up with someone new.
If you have symptoms, take a break from all intimate contact (including kissing) until you’ve seen a doctor and had the all-clear.
If you’re recovering from monkeypox infection, remember to use condoms for 12 weeks as a precaution.