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Walk-in Mpox Vaccine Clinics: M/W/Th/Fri 9am-4pm & Tues 11am-6pm

October 6, 2023 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

Monkeypox Vaccine

The mpox outbreak in central Ohio is over after no new cases have been reported since December. With our community partners, we have administered over 13,000 doses of the mpox vaccine during the outbreak. Walk-in mpox vaccines are still available at Columbus Public Health.

Walk-in Mpox Vaccine Clinics

Columbus Public Health, 240 Parsons Ave. 

  • Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays  9 a.m. – 4 p.m. 

  • Tuesdays – 11 a.m.-6 p.m. 

To receive a vaccine, individuals must be an Ohio resident 18 or older AND meet one of the following criteria:

  • Anyone who identifies as:
  • A gay man
  • A bisexual man
  • A pansexual man
  • A queer man
  • A man who has sex with men (MSM)
  • Transgender
  • Non-binary
  • Gender non-conforming

OR

Anyone who:
• Is a sex worker
• Provides sex in exchange for goods or services
• Engages in transactional sex
• Participates in anonymous sex
• Has multiple sex partners
• Had skin-to-skin or intimate contact with someone with suspected or confirmed mpox, including those who have not yet been confirmed by Public Health experts.

 

Columbus Public Health is distributing the JYNNEOS vaccine, a two-dose series given 28 days apart. Second dose appointments will be scheduled at your first appointment. Columbus Public Health is following FDA guidance related to dosing and intradermal (just under the skin) vaccination.

If you have previously been diagnosed with mpox, you are not eligible to receive a vaccine.

It is recommended to wait four weeks in between receiving the mpox vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine.

 

Columbus Public Health is not offering a wait list at this time.

What you need to know about mpox

Mpox frequently asked questions

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Date:
October 6, 2023
Time:
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
EDT
Series:
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.columbus.gov/mpxvax/

Venue

Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Ave
Columbus, OH 43215 United States
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