Sacramento LGBT Community Center hosts monkeypox vaccine clinic as county cases rise
The Sacramento LGBT Community Center on Wednesday afternoon will host a monkeypox vaccination clinic as the number of confirmed and probable cases continues to climb in Sacramento County.
The community center, located at 1015 20th St. in the Lavender Heights section of midtown, will host the vaccination clinic from 1 to 4 p.m., the center announced Tuesday in a Facebook post. The clinic will accommodate appointments and walk-up appointments as the vaccine supply permits.
The number of likely or confirmed monkeypox infections in the county reached 22 on Tuesday. Sacramento County Public Health officials on Monday reported seven new probable cases of monkeypox. The county has reported 14 new cases in the past week.
Monkeypox has been found across several counties in the Bay Area, Southern California, Northern California and the Central Valley. Butte County on Monday disclosed its first probable case of monkeypox in a resident. Stanislaus County reported its first monkeypox case on Tuesday.
Spread of monkeypox is linked to prolonged, skin-to-skin exposure, according to experts. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion. The patient typically develops a rash, often beginning on the face and spreading to other parts of the body, normally about one to three days after fever.
Sacramento County health officials say men who have sex with men and transgender people who meet at least one of these criteria should get vaccinated:
▪ Tested positive for a sexually transmitted infection in the past two months.
▪ Had two or more sexual partners in the previous three weeks.
▪ Visited or worked at a commercial sex venue in the previous three weeks.
▪ Had anonymous sex in the previous three weeks.
▪ Engaged in sex work in the previous three weeks.
This story was originally published July 19, 2022 at 6:32 PM.
