Contact:
Kent Donahue
Kent.Donahue@flhealth.gov
407-858-1418
ORLANDO, FL – The next replace is offered to maintain the neighborhood knowledgeable on the Florida Division of Well being in Orange County’s (DOH-Orange) actions to comprise the unfold of the MPOX / Monkeypox virus and to offer vaccines.
Since December 21, 2022, MPOX circumstances in Orange County have remained at 298 (Notice: The earlier whole was 299, nevertheless, one MPOX case was transferred to a different county.)
MPOX / Monkeypox Media Replace #12
9,384 MPOX Vaccine Doses (1st and a pair ofnd doses) administered in Orange County, FL from June 20, 2022, to January 24, 2023.
MPOX / Monkeypox Vaccination Appointments can be found this week and subsequent week at DOH-Orange’s Ocoee Campus, Lila Mitchell Campus, and Southside Campus.
Go to the DOH-Orange web site to schedule an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html or name 407-723-5004.
Outreach Vaccination occasions:
Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
The Heart, 1200 Hillcrest St., Suite #102, Orlando, FL 32803
go to the DOH-Orange web site to schedule an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023
The Heart, 1200 Hillcrest St., Suite #102, Orlando, FL 32803
go to the DOH-Orange web site to schedule an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html
Monday, Feb. 27, 2023
Christ the King Episcopal Church, 26 Willow Drive, Orlando, FL 32807
3:00 p.m. till 7:00 p.m.
Monkeypox Vaccination Appointment System
The JYNNEOS Vaccine is a two-dose sequence with the second dose of vaccine being given 28 (4 weeks) days after the primary dose.
If in case you have not obtained your second dose of the JYNNEOS vaccine, go to the DOH-Orange web site to schedule an appointment at: https://orange.floridahealth.gov/index.html. Vaccinations are by appointment solely, no walk-ins.
Background
Anybody can get monkeypox, however males who’ve intercourse with males stay on the highest threat. Transmission of monkeypox usually requires extended, face-to-face contact, direct contact with an lively rash, or oblique contact with an lively rash by way of contaminated gadgets, similar to contaminated clothes.
In case you are at present experiencing signs of Monkeypox, we encourage you to contact your healthcare supplier.
Signs of Monkeypox embrace:
fever, headache, muscle aches and backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills, a rash that may appear to be pimples or blisters that seem on the face, contained in the mouth, and on different elements of the physique just like the arms, toes, chest, genital and anal space.
In regards to the Florida Division of Well being
The division, nationally accredited by the Public Well being Accreditation Board, works to guard, promote, and enhance the well being of all individuals in Florida by way of built-in state, county, and neighborhood efforts.
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