Where and when you can get a monkeypox vaccine this weekend in Greater Manchester as medics urge people to get jabbed

Another monkeypox vaccination clinic will be held in Manchester this weekend as the bid to boost protection across the region continues ahead of Pride in a matter of weeks. It comes as cases of the virus reached over 50 in Manchester and 100 in Greater Manchester.

While anyone can get monkeypox, the majority of cases being identified are among gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (MSM). Over 1,500 people have been vaccinated so far against monkeypox in Greater Manchester, with another clinic now announced for this Saturday (August 20) for people who are eligible for the vaccine and have used sexual health clinics across any of the ten areas of Greater Manchester.

The session follows clinics run during the previous two weekends, which have vaccinated almost 800 people. The clinics are for first doses only.

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Sexual health providers across Greater Manchester have been fully booked this week vaccinating people seen as high risk of getting monkeypox and known to their services; with further appointments booked for next week.

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.

Vaccines have typically been available on a first-come-first-served