Monkeypox Vaccination Eligibility Beginning Monday, July 11

Los Ángeles County, Ca.- With the arrival of an additional 6,000 JYNNEOS doses this week, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) is expanding the eligibility criteria for residents to receive the monkeypox vaccine. However, due to continued limited supply of JYNNEOS vaccine from the federal government, vaccine is still being allotted, in alignment with the national monkeypox vaccine strategy, to Los Angeles County residents at higher risk of exposure.

Beginning Monday, July 11, monkeypox vaccines will become available by invitation only to:

• Patients of community STD and HIV clinics, Public Health Centers, and other community clinics located across Los Angeles County who meet the following clinical criteria:

  • Gay and bisexual men and transgender women who are patients of an STD clinic with a diagnosis of rectal gonorrhea or early syphilis within the past 3 months, as both of these sexually transmitted infections can increase the risk of monkeypox transmission through the genital sores caused by these infections.

• A limited number of high-risk individuals identified by clinical staff at Men’s Central Jail.

Public Health or clinic partners will directly communicate to eligible patients to provide details on how and where to access the JYNNEOS vaccine.